Unusual wood engraved map of France, by Sebastian MUNSTER (1488-1552).


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.

Sebastian Munster was one of the most influential cartographers in the 16th century.   




Size of the map : 16,3 x 7,5 cm / 6,2 x 2,7 inch

Size of the page : 35,5 x 22,5 cm / 13,7 x 8,6 inch


Condition : good condition, handed colored.


Edition : From the "Cosmographia Universalis" by Sebastian Munster (1488-1552), Basel, German edition, c. 1548.

Text in German.






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