April 12, 2024
WEISSENBURG BELGRAD COL. WOODCUT VIEW MUNSTER 1628 #5
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A beautiful coloured leaf from Sebastian Munster Chronicle "Cosmographia", Basle, 1628 A.D. "...das ist/ Beschreibung aller Länder/ Herschafften/ vnd fürnemesten Stetten/ des gantzen Erdbodens..." View of Belgrad (former Weissenburg) - Serbia "Griechisch Weissenburg" CARTOGRAPHER: Sebastian Munster, (1488-1552) Sebastian Münster was born in 1488 at Ingelheim near Mainz and died in 1552 at Basel. He was a cartographer, cosmographer, and a Hebrew scholar. His work, the Cosmographia from 1544 was the earliest German description of the world. DESCRIPTION: This is a leaf out of the Chosmographia from Sebastian Munster with a beautiful view of the city Belgrad, the capital and largest city of Republic Serbia . The city lies at the confluence of the Sava and Danube Rivers in north central Serbia , w the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula . Size of view appr.: 11.4 x 15.6 cm Leaf size appr.: 36.3 x 23.6 cm CONDITION: - slightly stained and brownish- otherwise in good condition This is an original - no reproduction! Orig. koloriertes Blatt aus der berühmten Chronik "Cosmographia" von Sebastian Münster, Basel 1628 A.D. "...das ist/ Beschreibung aller Länder/ Herschafften/ vnd fürnemesten Stetten/ des gantzen Erdbodens..." Ansicht Belgrad (früher Weißenburg) - Serbien KARTOGRAPH: Sebastian Münster, (1488-1552)Münster war ein
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