Title of the map:
"LA DESCRIPTION DE SOUABE ET BAVIERE"
Large unusual antique wood engraved map of Swabia and Bavaria in Germany, by Sebastian MUNSTER (1488-1552).
The edition is in french, but the indications on the map are in latin, as in all editions.
On back, explicatif text in french.
Edition : Cosmographie Universelle du Monde de Sebastian Munster, French edition, 1568, by Henri Pierre or Heinrich Petri, Basle, 16th Century.
Size of the map with margins : 35,5 x 29,7 cm / 13,7 x 11,4 inches
Condition : some repairs on back, handed colored.
From a French language edition of Munster's Cosmography. Sebastian Munster was one of the most influential cartographers in the 16th century.
Sebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Christian Hebraist scholar. His work, the Cosmographia, was the earliest description of the world.
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Due to the age an type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help you