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ORIGINAL - SEI LIBRI DELLA COSMOGRAFIA UNIVERSALE, - ILLUS. PAGE LEAF circa 1558
ORIGINAL - SEI LIBRI DELLA COSMOGRAFIA UNIVERSALE, - ILLUS. PAGE LEAF circa 1558
ORIGINAL - SEI LIBRI DELLA COSMOGRAFIA UNIVERSALE, - ILLUS. PAGE LEAF circa 1558
ORIGINAL - SEI LIBRI DELLA COSMOGRAFIA UNIVERSALE, - ILLUS. PAGE LEAF circa 1558

ORIGINAL - SEI LIBRI DELLA COSMOGRAFIA UNIVERSALE, - ILLUS. PAGE LEAF circa 1558

$ 94.51

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  • Special Attributes: Italian Edition
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Place of Publication: Germany
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Year Printed: 1558
  • Subject: Geography
  • Topic: Geography
  • Language: Italian
  • Binding: Unbound
  • Publisher: Munster, Sebastian
  • Region: Europe
  • Author: Munster, Sebastian

    Description

    ORIGINAL - SEI LIBRI DELLA COSMOGRAFIA UNIVERSALE, etc - ILLUSTATED PAGE LEAF CIRCA 1558
    Cosmographia
    by Sebastian Munster (b.1488 - d.1552) from 1544 is the earliest German-language description of the world.
    This volume leaf is the first Italian language version from 1558.
    ORIGINAL LEAF (PAGES 401 & 402) FROM VOLUME TITLED:
    SEI LIBRI DELLA COSMOGRAFIA UNIVERSALE, etc FEATURING ENGRAVING CAPTIONED:  de capricorns, & degl'ibici. likely by one of his notable woodcutters of the time i.e. : Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph, Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel.
    PRINTED IN GERMANY 1558.
    BY:  SEBASTIAN MUNSTER
    LANGUAGE:  ITALIAN
    MEDIUM WEIGHT TEXTURED LAID PAPER.
    DIMENSIONS: 8 1/8" x 12 1/8"
    CONDITION IS VERY FINE FOR ITS 463 YEARS WITH LIGHT HANDLING.
    (PLEASE SEE PICTURES)
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