Antique Print-HAARLEM-NETHERLANDS-Munster-1592

Beschreibung

Antique print, titled: 'Warhaffte contrafehtung der Statt Haerlem' - Map of the city Haarlem. Original woodcut on a verge type hand laid paper. Description: Sebastian Munster's 'Cosmographia, Beschreibung aller Lender'. These prints are from the 1592 German edition, published in Basel by Henrichum Petri (Heinrich Petri). Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Sebastian Munster' after an anonymous artist. The author of this work is Sebastian Munster, a German cartographer, cosmographer and Christian scholar. He is best known for Cosmographia, the earliest German description of the world (in 6 parts. He was also the author of Horologiographia, Organum Uranicum and Rudimenta Mathematica. The woodcuts in this publication were made by a group of artists, among which Hans Holbein, Conrad Schnitt, David Kandel and Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. Condition: Excellent, given age. Ghosting from text on the rear. A stain in the left edge of the image and left margin. Soiling in the lower margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: TPCRC-A4-12 The overall size is ca. 7.9 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 6.1 x 4.9 inch. The overall size is ca. 20 x 32.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15.4 x 12.5 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 47765

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