Munster Cosmographia; Double Woodcut Page, 1544
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Cosmographia ("Cosmography") by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) printed in woodblocks and movable type, first edition 1544 with parts to circa 1598, matted and framed between 2 sheets of glass with one side with an early woodcut view of Bruges, the reverse with a composition with farming and farm animals. Appears in good condition, not examined out of frame. Height of visible page 11 inches (27.9 cm.) X width of visible page 7 1/4 inches (18.4 cm.). NOTE: This book and its various editions are some of the earliest German-language description of the world with artistic woodblocks by artists including Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, and David Kandel. The woodblocks were occasionally switched in later printings, this view of Bruges appears as a view of Luca in an edition circa 1592.
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