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Colored leaf from Sebastian Münster’s famous Cosmographia, circa 1550.

This is leaf DCCCLXI from the third book of the Cosmographia, on Germany.
The subject is the city of Augsburg.

With two beautiful colored woodcuts, a larger one on the front and a smaller one on the back.

With very slight edge wear and light browning. Both sides have a few light brown spots along the lower edge.

Dimensions: 34 × 21 cm

Koloriertes Blatt aus der berühmten Cosmographia von Sebastian Münster von ca. 1550.

Es handelt sich um Blatt DCCCLXI aus dem dritten Buch der Cosmographie, über Deutschland.
Thematisiert wird die Stadt Augsburg.

Mit zwei wunderschönen kolorierten Holzschnitten, einem größeren auf der Vorderseite und einem kleineren auf der Rückseite.

Mit sehr leichten Randläsuren und leichter Bräunung. Beide Seiten besitzt unten stellenweise leichte braune Flecken.

Maße: 34 x 21 cm

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Sebastian Münster - Cosmographia - 1550

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A hand-coloured leaf from Sebastian Münster’s *Cosmographia*, published in 1550, depicts Augsburg with two woodcuts and measures 34 × 21 cm.

Sebastian Münster - Cosmographia - 1550

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A hand-coloured leaf from Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia, published in 1550, depicts Augsburg with two woodcuts and measures 34 × 21 cm.

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