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MÜNSTER, Sebastian(1488 Ingelheim - 1552 Basel)
Early view of Landau in the Palatinate
Woodcut.
Framed & behind glass : 36 x 46 cm.
General view of Landau with text part in German, inscribed "Wahre Contrafehtung der Reichstatt Landaw / wie sie zu unsern zeiten in der Mawren steht."; verso title "Von dem Teutschen Landt - Die Statt Landaw [...]" and text part in German, from the German edition of the famous "Cosmographia", 1550 - 1614. Buck crease, stained, sheet browned.
Cosmographer, humanist and Hebraist; his main work was the "Cosmographia" published from 1544 in 6 volumes, according to him a "description of the whole world with everything that is in it".
Provenance : Private collection former board member of a mining company.
Limit 40 €
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Hammer price 80.00 €
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