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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.
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Von der Statt Braunsweich-Braunschweig-Deutschen Landt-Von dem Deutschen Landt-Wolssenbeutel' - Bird's eye view of Braunschweig/Brunswick in Germany. On the rear the siege of Wolfenbuttel is depicted.
Condition: Excellent, given age. Ghosting from text on the rear. Soiling in the lower left margin corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 19.7 x 32.6 cm. The image size is ca. 15.4 x 12.4 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.8 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 6.1 x 4.9 inch.
Medium: Original woodcut on a verge type hand laid paper.
Location: A156-27
SKU: TPC 47782.1
Section: MUNSTER
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