A Leaf with Woodcuts, Showing Alexandria, From an Early Edition of Sebastian Münster's "DE LA COSMOGRAPHIE"
A Leaf with Woodcuts, Showing Alexandria, From an Early Edition of Sebastian Münster's "DE LA COSMOGRAPHIE" | Rare and modern books | [Early Printing, Woodcuts] Münster
Rare and modern books
[Early Printing, Woodcuts] Münster
1544
A Leaf with Woodcuts, Showing Alexandria, From an Early Edition of Sebastian Münster's "DE LA COSMOGRAPHIE"
A Leaf with Woodcuts, Showing Alexandria, From an Early Edition of Sebastian Münster's "DE LA COSMOGRAPHIE" | Rare and modern books | [Early Printing, Woodcuts] Münster
Rare and modern books
[Early Printing, Woodcuts] Münster
1544
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1544
- Place of printing
- [Basle
- Author
- [Early Printing, Woodcuts] Münster
- Languages
- English
Description
A leaf with important wooodcuts from the earliest German description of the world. The Cosmographia was one of the most successful and popular works of the 16th century. The leaf with two woodcuts showing images of the Lighthouse of Alexandra within German text in black letter. Folio (320 by 175mm), single sheet, double-sided.
