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: 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.
Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Von den Landern-Africa-Alexandria-' - A rooster and hen; a portrait of Ptolemy, seated outside while watching the stars and a solar eclipse. On the rear a coat of arms.
Condition: Good, given age. Ghosting from text on the rear. Lower left corner soiled. A tear in the bottom margin (backed with acid-free archival tape). Small stains in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 20 x 32.5 cm. The image size is ca. 6.9 x 5.4 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.9 x 12.8 inch. The image size is ca. 2.7 x 2.1 inch.
Medium: Woodcut on hand laid paper.
Location: A156-08
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Condition:Good, given age. Ghosting from text on the rear. Lower left corner soiled. A tear in the bottom margin (backed with acid-free archival tape). Small stains in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.