Antique wood engraved portrait of Sebastian Munster.

On the back, a view of a earthquake in Bale.


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.



Edition : Cosmographie Universelle du Monde de Sebastian Munster, French edition, 1568, Basle, 16th Century.



Size of the page : 30 x 20 cm / 11,8 x 7,8 inch

Size of the portrait : 9,7 x 11,5 cm / 3,5 x 4,3 inch

Condition : good condition, small foxmarks






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