Unusual antique wood engraved view showing God creating the World, Genesis, by Sebastian MUNSTER (1488-1552).
The view is supported by angels at top, and demons in the lower corners.
Under the view, an historical initial with an angel.
Edition : Cosmographie Universelle du Monde de Sebastian Munster, French edition, 1568, by Henri Pierre or Heinrich Petri, Basle, 16th Century.
Size of the page : 29,5 x 19 cm / 11,4 x 7,4 inch
Size of the view : 15,5 x 11 cm / 5,9 x 4,3 inch
Condition : very good condition, 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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