CRETE, HAND-COLOURED MAP AND ELEPHANT, MÜNSTER, C. 1550-1600.
4667777. CRETE, HAND-COLOURED MAP AND ELEPHANT, MÜNSTER, C. 1550-1600.
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4667777. CRETE, HAND-COLOURED MAP AND ELEPHANT, MÜNSTER, C. 1550-1600.
Description
MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN, A leaf from “Cosmographia”, Basel Ca 1550-1600.
510 x 420 mm (frame), 280 x 190 (visible image area). The frame with relief pattern, passe partout with cut in gold on the front, the framing shows both the front and the back of the leaf.
A sheet with German text that also shows a hand-coloured map of Crete in woodcut “Creta oder Candia”, as well as a woodcut depicting an elephant. Cosmographia was published in numerous editions between 1544 and 1628.
Condition
Frame with lighter wear, a few small spots on the blade.
4667777. CRETE, HAND-COLOURED MAP AND ELEPHANT, MÜNSTER, C. 1550-1600.
Description
MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN, A leaf from “Cosmographia”, Basel Ca 1550-1600.
510 x 420 mm (frame), 280 x 190 (visible image area). The frame with relief pattern, passe partout with cut in gold on the front, the framing shows both the front and the back of the leaf.
A sheet with German text that also shows a hand-coloured map of Crete in woodcut “Creta oder Candia”, as well as a woodcut depicting an elephant. Cosmographia was published in numerous editions between 1544 and 1628.
Condition
Frame with lighter wear, a few small spots on the blade.