This is an original double-page woodcut map of France from Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographey, published in Basel by the Henricpetri press. It is one of the regional maps in the atlas section at the front of the book. Unknown issue of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographey.

The map is oriented with north at the top and has a latitude scale from 43° to 53° at the sides. It shows the whole kingdom of France:

• Cities: Paris (Parys), Rouen, Orléans, Tours, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseille, Arles and Dijon.
• Provinces: Brittany, Normandy, Picardy, Champagne, Burgundy, the Bourbonnais, the Limousin, Auvergne, Guyenne, Gascony, Languedoc, Provence and the Dauphiné.
• Beyond the borders: Savoy, Piedmont and the Swiss lakes with Bern, Lucerne and Glarus in the east. Lorraine, Luxembourg, Flanders, Brabant, Guelders and Holland in the north. The south coast of England (Cornwall, Arundel, Dover) across the Channel, and Spain beyond the Pyrenees.
• Decoration: the royal arms of France, a crowned fleur-de-lis shield, are set in the Atlantic. A tall panel on the left, “Außlegung etlicher gemeiner Wörter, Bergen, Wässern und Stetten”, translates the old Latin place names into the forms used in Münster’s day, such as Lutetia to Paris and Lugdunum to Leon.

On verso is the description “Franckreich in Ländern und Stetten beschriben…”. It explains Ptolemy’s division of ancient Gaul into Gallia Belgica, Lugdunensis and Aquitania, and notes that in Münster’s day Germany reached across the Rhine as far as Strasbourg. The text is framed by a large woodcut border showing the Four Evangelists with their symbols, the Church Fathers, and Saints Peter and Paul.

Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)

Publisher:            Henricpetri press, Basel
Leaf size:               40,0 x 33,0 cm
Year:                       1578 - 1588
Technique:           Woodcut, with letterpress text

Condition:
Good. The impression is strong. There is a central vertical fold as issued, with some wear along it. There is even toning, a few small spots and light soiling, and a little wear and a few small chips at the edges. The margins are complete.

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This is an original woodcut map of Scandinavia and the eastern Baltic from Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographey, published in Basel by the Henricpetri press. It opens chapter 19 of the fourth book, on Gothia. Unknown issue of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographey.

The map shows northern Europe as it was understood in the mid-16th century, after Olaus Magnus:

• The west: Norway (Nordwegen) with Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger, and Iceland, the Faroes, Shetland and Scotland at the edge.
• The centre: Sweden with Stockholm (Holm), Gothia, and Denmark at the bottom.
• The far north: Finnmark, Lapland, Biarmia and the fortress of Vardøhus.
• The east: Karelia, Bothnia, Finland with Åland, Turku (Abo) and Vyborg, and Russia (Rüßen).
• The Baltic lands: Livonia (Lifland) with Reval (Tallinn), Riga and Marienburg (Alūksne).

Above the map, the text ends the history of Denmark and Sweden: Gustav Vasa’s help to Christian III in 1543, and the war of 1564 between Denmark, Lübeck and Sweden. Then comes a Genealogy of the Danish royal house, from Christian I to Frederick II, set out as a family tree.

On verso, the text describes Gothia: its old names, Scondia and Scandinavia, and Johannes Magnus’s history of the 143 kings of the Goths and Swedes. It lists the towns: Linköping, Söderköping, Kalmar and Vadstena, where St Birgitta is buried, Nyköping and Lund. It also mentions the copper and silver mines and the island of Gotland. A woodcut shield with the lion of Gothia accompanies the text, and chapter 20, on Norway, begins.

Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)

Publisher:            Henricpetri press, Basel
Leaf size:               33,3 x 20,3 cm
Year:                       1578 - 1588
Technique:           Woodcut, with letterpress text

Condition:
Good. The woodcut is dark and strongly printed. There is light even toning and a few small spots. There is a small loss at the lower right corner and a small chip at the lower left edge, both well away from the map. Watermarked paper.

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This is an original woodcut map from Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographey, published in Basel by the Henricpetri press. It opens chapter 49 of the fourth book, on the Kingdom of Poland, and is one of the earliest printed maps to show the Polish–Lithuanian lands as a separate region. Unknown issue of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographey.

The map covers the whole region from the Baltic to the Black Sea:

• Lithuania (Littaw): Vilnius (Vilna), Grodno and Samogitia, beneath the name Sarmatia.
• To the north: Livonia with Riga, and Pskov (Plescouia) and Moscow.
• To the west: Prussia (Prüssen) with Danzig, Marienburg and Thorn, then Masovia (Mäsen), Greater Poland with Gniezno, Warsaw and Piotrków, and Lesser Poland with Kraków, Lublin, Przemyśl and Lwów (Lemberg).
• To the south: Ruthenia (Reussen), Podolia with Kamieniec, Kyiv, Smolensk, the Tatars and Scythia, then the Crimea (Cremania) with Perekop and Caffa, and Wallachia, Moldavia and Bessarabia down to the Black Sea (Euxinisch Möre).
• Details: a sailing ship on the Baltic, and the rivers Vistula, Neman, Dnieper (Borysthenes), Bug and Dniester.

Above the map is the end of the chapter on Hungary: the death of Matthias Corvinus in Vienna in 1490, and the succession of Vladislaus, son of King Casimir of Poland.

On verso, Münster continues on Poland:

• Origins: the legend of Lech and Czech, with Gniezno as the first seat of Lech.
• The country: the Polish language and its Slavic relatives; the land’s grain, honey, wax, cattle, aurochs and wild horses; salt, lead and copper; amber from the Baltic coast.
• A curiosity: the “natural pots” found in the ground near Nochów and Paluki, illustrated with a small woodcut.
• Chapter 50, Von den Pfaltzgrauen des Lands Poln: on the Palatines of Poland, with a woodcut of three Polish palatines seated in an arcade.

Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)

Publisher:            Henricpetri press, Basel
Leaf size:               30,5 x 18,5 cm
Year:                       1578 - 1588
Technique:           Woodcut, with letterpress text

Reference:           A. Muzikevičius, Lietuva Sebastiano Münsterio „Kosmografijoje“ 1544–1628

Condition:
Good. The woodcut is dark and strongly printed. There is light even toning and a few small spots, with slight wear at the edges. The margins are complete.

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This is an original woodcut map of Africa from Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographey. It was printed in Basel by the Henricpetri press in between 1578 - 1588 and opens the sixth book, “Das Sechste Bůch der Weltbeschreibung”, which is devoted to Africa. Unknown issue of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographey.

Münster’s little map shows Africa as Europeans pictured it in the 16th century:

• The North African coast: the kingdoms of Fez, Algiers (Argiera), Tunis, Marmarica and Cyrene, with Alexandria at the mouth of the Nile.
• The interior: Libya interior, the Garamantes, Nubia and Ethiopia, and the West African kingdom of Mali (Regnū Melli) beside the Senegal and Gambia rivers.
• The Nile: it flows from two great lakes beneath the legendary Mountains of the Moon (Montes Lunae), as Ptolemy described.
• The east and south: the kingdom of Prester John and Melinde (Malindi) in the east. At the bottom a note explains that the land narrows below to the Cape of Good Hope (“Hic infra acuminatur terra vocaturque C. Bonae spei”).

Münster’s text below explains why he describes Africa after Asia and begins with the continent’s peoples, animals and wonders.

On the back is the end of Book 5, on the New World. It tells, from Amerigo Vespucci’s account, how a young Spaniard was killed and roasted by islanders, and how the Spaniards returned home in 1502. It goes on to the Spanish settlements in the West Indies: six towns on Cuba, the stone houses of Yucatán, Cozumel (named Santa Cruz), the 28 sugar mills of Hispaniola, and guaiacum wood, used to treat the sick.

Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)

Publisher:            Henricpetri press, Basel
Leaf size:               33,3 x 20,3 cm
Year:                       1578 - 1588
Technique:           Woodcut, with letterpress text

Condition:
Good. The woodcut is dark and strongly printed. There is light even toning and a few small spots, with slight wear and short nicks at the edges. The margins are complete.

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A decorative text leaf from the last and most extensive German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (Cosmographey), printed in Basel by Sebastian Henricpetri in 1628. Pages 1411–1412 of the sixth book carry the opening of Chapter 76, "Littaw", Münster's description of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with three woodcuts: the Lithuanian coat of arms (Vytis), the famous "Wunderbild" monster of 1543, and a portrait of a Lithuanian ruler.

Recto (p. 1411). The upper part closes Münster's account of the Kingdom of Poland: the offices of the royal court and the limits on royal power. The king could not judge the nobility, declare war, make peace, levy taxes or name a successor without the consent of the Estates. Beside this text is the well-known woodcut of the "Wunderbild", a monstrous child said to have been born in 1543 on the feast of the Conversion of St Paul. It had fiery eyes, a nose like an ox horn, animal faces on its chest, dog heads at the elbows and knees, swan's feet and a hooked tail. Münster says it lived for three hours and adds that "some testify that this child was born in Kraków". Known as the Monster of Kraków, it became one of the most widely reproduced images in 16th-century wonder literature.

Below begins the chapter on Lithuania. It opens with a large woodcut shield bearing the Vytis, an armoured knight with a raised sword on a rearing horse, and a decorative initial. Münster describes a country of marshes and forests that merchants could cross only in winter, when the swamps froze over. They found their way "by the stars or the compass", as if at sea. He writes of the oak forests whose timber the Dutch called "Wagenschot" and shipped in great quantities to Dutch and German ports. He also lists Lithuania's wealth in cattle, furs, wax and honey, its unshod horses and black bread, salt brought from Ruthenia, and hard benches for beds (only the nobility had a bearskin). The language, he notes, is close to Polish, many people follow the Greek rite, and some are still pagan. One curious passage describes the custom of the "Ehehülffer" ("marriage helpers").

Verso (p. 1412). The text continues with Vilnius, "the capital of this land". It is a bishop's seat as large as Kraków with its suburbs, though its houses stand apart, with gardens and yards between them as in a village. Münster also mentions the Tatars living near the city, who kept their own language and the Muslim faith, and places Vilnius at 54 degrees of latitude. A short history of Lithuania follows:

Duke Vytenis (Vithen) throws off tribute to the Ruthenians.
Lithuania wars with the Teutonic Order.
Under the brothers Algirdas and Kęstutis, Kęstutis escapes three times from the Knights' captivity.
Jogaila is baptised as Władysław in 1386 and marries the Polish queen.
In the Christianisation of 1387, the sacred fire in Vilnius is put out, the holy groves are cut down, and the cathedral is founded with its high altar on the spot where the eternal fire had burned.

The page ends with the hard lot of the Lithuanian peasants, who worked five days a week for their lord. Münster adds that they never greased their cart axles, so the wagons made "a wondrous harmony" in people's ears. He also names the great magnate families of Radziwiłł and Chodkiewicz. The text is illustrated with a woodcut portrait of a Lithuanian ruler in armour, crowned hat and sceptre.

The woodcut comes from the German edition, woodcut book of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…", published by Sebastian Henricpetri in Basel, 1628.

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Cartographer:        Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)

Publisher:                 Sebastian Henricpetri
Book size:                 36.7 x 24.3 cm
Year:                          1628
Technique:              woodcut

Condition:
Good condition. Strong impression of text and woodcuts, wide margins. Light age toning and minor spotting, mostly marginal.

This is an original antique woodcut published in 1628 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Early woodcut map of Poland and Lithuania from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia, published in Basel in 1598 by Sebastian Henricpetri. The map is printed on page 1236 (“Mccxxxvj”) of the Fourth Book, at the head of chapter 56. The chapter title translates as “Description of all the lands that were once subject to the Kingdom of Poland, or otherwise had dealings with it.”

The map covers the lands of the Polish–Lithuanian state, with north at the top. It runs from Danzig (“Dantzg”), Prussia (“Prüssen”), Thorn (“Thora”) and Silesia (“Schlesi”) in the west to Lithuania (“Litaw”), Vilnius (“Vilna”) and Kyiv (“Kyouia”) in the east, and south to Ruthenia (“Rüssen”) and Podolia. Other names include Kraków (“Cracow”), Lviv (“Lemburg”), Przemyśl (“Premisl”), Chełm, Płock (“Plotzko”), Grodno and Lutsk (“Lutzko”). The Vistula (“Wixel fl.”), Warta, Oder, Pilica, Narew, Neman and Bug rivers are marked. Forests are drawn as clusters of trees, mountains as small peaks and towns as little castle vignettes. The map also shows a “Sarmatie see” and the legendary “Amadoca see”, a lake taken from Ptolemy’s Geography.

Below the map, Münster begins his history of Poland’s rulers. He tells of Piast, a man of humble birth chosen as ruler at Kruszwica (“Crußnitz”), who moved the royal seat to Gniezno (“Gnesnam oder Gnisen”). He continues with Piast’s successors and with Mieszko I, the first Christian prince, baptized in 965 after marrying a daughter of Boleslaus of Bohemia. The text lists the nine bishoprics Mieszko founded, among them Gniezno, Kraków, Poznań and Płock, and ends with the marriage of his son Bolesław to a daughter of the King of Hungary in 984.

On the reverse (page 1235, “Mccxxxv”) is a typeset family tree of Poland’s rulers, titled “Von dem Hertzoge oder König Pyast vnd seinen nachkommenden Königen vnnd Fürsten” (Of Duke or King Piast and the kings and princes descended from him). Münster introduces it:

“So that you may see in brief how the kings and dukes of the land of Poland sprang from the first stem, Piast, I have drawn almost all of them into one figure. I will then take them one after another and tell briefly of their deeds and what happened in their time.”

Twenty-six numbered rulers run from Piast through the Piast dukes and kings. A line across the tree reads “Bey dieser Linien ist das Königlich Regiment blieben” (The royal rule remained with this line). The tree ends with the rulers connected to Lithuania: Queen Jadwiga (“Hedwig”) and her husband Jogaila (“Jagello, dessen Tauffnamme Vladislaus”, whose baptismal name was Władysław), then Władysław, King of Hungary and Poland, and Casimir, “Herr in Littaw vnd König zu Polandt” (Lord of Lithuania and King of Poland). Casimir’s sons follow: Władysław, Casimir (St. Casimir, patron saint of Lithuania), John Albert, Alexander, Frederick and Sigismund. The last name in the tree is Sigismund Augustus, the last Jagiellonian king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Map comes from the rare German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey, das ist Beschreibung aller Länder, herzschaften und für nemesten Stetten des gantzen Erdbodens sampt ihren Gelegenheiten, Eygenschaften, Religion, Gebräuchen, Geschichten und Handtierungen... / durch hern Sebastianum Munster...”, published in 1598 by Sebastianum Henricpetri in Basel. It was one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)

Publisher:              Sebastian Henricpetri

Sheet size:              34,4 x 21,7 cm
Year:                         1598
Technique:             woodcut

Condition:
Good condition.
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The map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey: das ist, Beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschafften, vnd fürnemesten Stetten, des gantzen Erdbodens : sampt jhren Gelegenheiten, Eygenschafften, Religion, Gebräuchen, Geschichten vnd Handtierungen, etc.”, published in 1628 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Leaf size:                41,8 x 33,9 cm
Year:                       1628
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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A: A massive Sea Serpent or Whale entwined around a ship. Sailors threw cargo overboard or fired muskets to ward them off.

B: The Sea Orm, an enormous coiled sea serpent menacing a swimming swimmer.

D: A Spouted Whale or Sea Monster with spines, common in early whaling folklore.

F: Land-based Reindeer or elks native to Scandinavia.

G: Various Woodland Mammals including Sables, Martens, and Bears.

H: The Ziphius, a terrifying tusked monster known for devouring seals.

I: Duckbirds (or tree birds). According to 16th-century lore, these birds grew directly out of trees like fruit and swam away once ripe.

K: The Sea Pig, a bizarre tusked and multi-eyed creature reported by sailors in 1537.

L: A fast-moving Whale referred to by Norwegians as a "springhval".

M: Enormous Monstrous Lobsters shown actively capturing a doomed sailor in their claws.

N: A twelve-foot-long tusked Rhino-like Sea Beast that actively hunts down large lobsters.

R: The Onocrotalus (pelican), described as having a large throat sack that sounds like a braying donkey.

S: Clementia (or Rocken/Raya), a giant ray rumored to protect drowning sailors from sea monsters.

T: The Sea Cow/ Sea Buffalo, an amphibious hybrid looking like a cross between a bull and a fish

The woodcut comes from the early Latin edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographiae Universalis Libri VI...", drawn by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch- Swiss painter and artist,  engraved by Martin Hoffmann, published  by Heinrich Petri in Basel, 1554.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              40,51 x 31,8 cm
Year:                        1554
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good condition. Very attractive hand coloring. A few restorations of wormholes present.

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Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschafften, fürnemmsten Stetten, geschichten, gebreüchen, handtierungen &c.”, published in 1598 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

Cartographer:   Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:           41,3 x 32,8 cm
Year:                     1598
Technique:        woodcut
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Condition:
Reasonable condition. Worm traces along center fold.
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Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder...”, by Heinrich Petri in Basel, 1598.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Leaf size:              41,4 x 32,1 cm
Year:                     1598
Technique:           woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition. Middle fold top and bottom losses. Watermarked paper.

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Augsburg, Bavaria region, Germany. The map depicts the city's fortified walls, rivers (including the Lech), churches, towers, two coat of arms: Augsburg and The Holy Roman Empire.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1553 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              39,7 x 31,8 cm
Year:                        1553
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition. A few light water stains present. Watermarked paper.
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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Speyer, Germany. The detailed panoramic view highlights the massive Speyer Cathedral (Dom) and the city skyline along the river. 

The map comes from the Latin edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographiae Uniuersalis Lib. VI., in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur, Omnium habitabilis orbis partiu[m] situs … ”, published by Heinrich Petri in Basel, 1550.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              39,9 x 31,4 cm
Year:                        1550
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition. Lightly water stained.

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Landau, Germany. Two coats of arms are visible above: on the left – the eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, on the right – the coat of arms of the city of Landau.

The map comes from the Latin edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographiae Uniuersalis Lib. VI., in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur, Omnium habitabilis orbis partiu[m] situs … ”, by Heinrich Petri, Basel. Unknown edition published between 1554 - 1559.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              40,0 x 31,4 cm
Year:                       1554 - 1559
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Frankfurt an der Oder, a city in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany. It highlights key landmarks of the medieval city along the Oder River. You can see small boats navigating the "Viadrus" (the Latin name for the Oder) and fishing weirs near the banks. A prominent covered bridge spans the river. In 1548, this was a vital piece of infrastructure for the city's famous trade fairs, which were second only to those in Leipzig.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              41,2 x 34,1 cm
Year:                        1574
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Very good, original condition.

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Nördlingen im Ries, Bavaria, Germany, showing its medieval fortifications, the prominent St. George's Church tower, and surrounding landscape. This is considered the oldest known pictorial document of the city of Nördlingen.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1574 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              41,0 x 34,1 cm
Year:                        1574
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschafften, fürnemmsten Stetten, geschichten, gebreüchen, handtierungen &c.”, published in 1598 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

Cartographer:   Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:           40,0 x 32,3 cm
Year:                     1598
Technique:        woodcut
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Condition:
Reasonable condition. Tinny losses along center fold have been professionally restored.
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Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschafften, fürnemmsten Stetten, geschichten, gebreüchen, handtierungen &c.”, published in 1598 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

Cartographer:   Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:           39,7 x 32,2 cm
Year:                     1598
Technique:        woodcut
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Condition:
Reasonable condition. Tinny losses along center fold have been professionally restored. Narrow upper margin.
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This is an original antique map published in 1598 and NOT a modern copy or reprint.

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The woodcut comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey: das ist, Beschreibung Aller Länder, Herrschafften vnd fürnemesten Stetten des gantzen Erdbodens, sampt ihren Gelegenheiten, Eygenschafften, Religion, Gebräuchen, Geschichten vnd Handtierungen…”, published by Heinrich Petri in Basel, 1598.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              39,7 x 32,2 cm
Year:                        1598
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Reasonable condition. Losses along center fold and lower right corner have been professionally restored. Narrow lower margin.

This is an original antique woodcut published in 1598 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Very rare, Sebastian Münster’s Italian edition, panoramic view of Koblenz, Germany.

Map comes from the Italian edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographia Universale, nella quale secondo che n'hanno parlato ipiu veraci Scrittori, son designati i siti di tutti gli paësi...”, published by Eredi di Arnoldo Byrckmann in Cologne, 1575.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              37,7 x 30,5 cm
Year:                        1575
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition. Narrow left margin.

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This is an original antique map published in 1575 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Lüneburg, Germany.

Map comes from the Latin edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographiae Universalis libri sex: authore Sebastiano Munstero…”, published in 1572 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              39,0 x 30,3 cm
Year:                        1572
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition. Wormhole in the center of map.
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This is an original antique map published in 1572 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder...”, published in 1574 by Heinrich Petri in Basel. It was one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Frame size:              34,4 x 21,7 cm
Year:                         1574
Technique:             woodcut

Condition:
Good condition.
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This is an original antique map published in 1574 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Wissembourg, Alsace, France.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1569 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              40,3 x 32,7 cm
Year:                        1569
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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This is an original antique map published in 1569 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder...”, published 1592 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Leaf size:              41,1 x 34,8 cm
Year:                       1592
Technique:           woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition. Middle fold as issued. Lower right corner's marginal loss.

This is a genuine antique map published in 1592 and not a modern copy or reprint

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Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder...”, published 1572 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Leaf size:              39,1 x 31,6 cm
Year:                       1572
Technique:           woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition. Middle fold as issued. A few light brownish spots present.

This is a genuine antique map published in 1572 and not a modern copy or reprint

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An early Sebastian Munster's south-oriented map of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, showing the Main River and towns: Aschaffenburg, Stockstadt, Schmalkalden, Thuringian Forest, Sulzbach, Amberg and Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1588 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              42,0 x 32,8 cm
Year:                        1588
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good condition. Small restoration in midlefold present.
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This is an original antique map published in 1588 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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An early Sebastian Munster's Western-oriented map of Swabia and parts of Baden-Württemberg between the Altmühl, Danube, and Brenz rivers with Nördlingen at its center.

Verso small woodcut map of Swabia and parts of Switzerland present too.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1592 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              40,3 x 34,8 cm
Year:                        1592
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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This is an original antique map published in 1592 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1592 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              40,3 x 34,8 cm
Year:                        1592
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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This is an original antique map published in 1592 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Freising, Bavaria, Germany.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1592 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              39,3 x 34,8 cm
Year:                        1592
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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This is an original antique map published in 1592 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Augsburg, Bavaria region, Germany. The map depicts the city's fortified walls, rivers (including the Lech), churches, towers, two coat of arms: Augsburg and The Holy Roman Empire.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1592 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              40,5 x 34,7 cm
Year:                        1592
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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This is an original antique map published in 1592 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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An early Sebastian Munster's woodcut town view of Freiberg and small map of Saxony on verso, Germany.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1592 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              40,1 x 34,8 cm
Year:                        1592
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition.
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This is an original antique map published in 1592 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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