1578 – S. Munster – Franckfurt am Mayn

Title:                      “Franckfurt am Mayn die fuernemest und gemeinest Gewerbstatt Teutscher Nation.“

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Description:

An early Sebastian Munster’s woodcut town view of Frankfurt, Germany.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1578 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:              39,7 x 32,0 cm
Year:                        1578
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Good, original condition. Left and right margins missing.
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This is an original antique map published ca 1578 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

 

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