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Colmar France Maps Cosmographia Sebastian Münster 1570
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Colmar France Maps Cosmographia old map Sebastian Münster 1570

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Colmar Alsace, old antique 16th-century woodcut birds-eye view of the city.

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Colmar France Maps Cosmographia Sebastian Münster 1570


Titel:Die Statt Colmar

Description: Colmar Alsace, old antique 16th-century woodcut birds-eye view of the city and surrounding are, with the Gothic Eglise Saint-Martin church in centre of the town.

Sebastian Munster, one of the most important and famous mapmakers of the mid-sixteenth century, and published two books, an edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, in 1540, with 48 double-page woodcut maps, and his Cosmographia, published in 1544, which contained upwards of five hundred woodcuts, including 24 double-page maps.
The Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster was published in 46 editions.
In German between 1544 and 1628, in Latin between 1550 and 1559, in Italian in 1558 and in French in 1575

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Size:
Size sheet app.: 45 x 36 CM. 17.5 x 14 inches.
Image app. : 34 x 23 cm. 13.5 x 9 inches.
Condition : Beautifully hand colored original antique 16th century map of France in perfect condition.