Beautiful leaf with 2 colored woodcuts by S. Münster showing a fight between two Brazilian tribes and the treatment of the prisoners. These very old woodcuts were published in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographey: das ist, Beschreibung Aller Länder It was published in Basel, Henricpetri ca. 1590. The work was a massive chronicle of all the geographical knowledge of the world to that point. The work included world maps as well as views of smaller cities and woodcut illustrations of historical subjects, mythology, natural history and ethnography. Munster was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Hebrew scholar. He also became a Franciscan monk at an early age. Munster's Cosmographia was the first work of scientific based knowledge in the German language. Dimensions: 36 x 22,1 cm. Good condition. Attention for US buyers: Due to recent postal restrictions shipping to the US can only be done by DHL, therefor higher shipping costs apply!