April 12, 2024
1598 Munster Map View of Rheinfelden Baden-Wurttemburg
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Helpful Links: Company Details - About ME Page View seller's other items Ask Seller a q uestion Cartographer's Profile Payment & Shipping Options About Classical Images We have over 2,000 items for sale on our Ebay stores site. Please click to enter the stores and use the search engine to the left to search specifically for maps, prints, Atlases on the Classical Images Stores, thank you Click This woodcut leaf - a view of Rheinfelden, Baden-Wurttemburg Germany - was published in the 1598 release of Sebastian Munsters Cosmographia published by Sebastian Petri, Basle. Munster's dominance of the cartographic market was relatively short lived once Ortelius produced his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in 1570. Munster's somewhat naive engravings of the world, continents and countries were revised and re-published by Sebastian Petri with more sophisticated maps in 1588, using the Ortelius Atlas as a guide. In Munsters defense though, he had little in the way of examples or reference to help produce what was the first comprehensive atlas of the known world. (Ref: M&B;Tooley) Please note all items auctioned are genuine, we do not sell reproductions. A Certificate of Authenticity (COA) can be issued on request. Condition Report General Description: Paper thickness and quality: - Light and stable Paper color: - off white Age of map color:
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