From ThePrintsCollector, Zeeland, Netherlands
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Antique print, titled: 'Das gantz Franckreich so vorzeiten Narbonensis, Lugdunensis, Belgica und Celtica ist genennt worden.', A map of historical France. Original woodcut on a verge type hand laid paper. Description: This antique city view or map originates from Sebastian Munster's 'Cosmographia, Beschreibung aller Lender'. These prints are from the 1592 German edition, published in Basel by Henrichum Petri (Heinrich Petri).Artists and Engravers: The author of this work is Sebastian Munster, a German cartographer, cosmographer and Christian scholar. He is best known for Cosmographia, the earliest German description of the world (in 6 parts. He was also the author of Horologiographia, Organum Uranicum and Rudimenta Mathematica. The woodcuts in this publication were made by a group of artists, among which Hans Holbein, Conrad Schnitt, David Kandel and Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. Condition: Very good, given age. A small tear in the middle of the image, just left of the middle fold. Lower margin remargined with contemporary paper and acid-free archival tape. Original middle fold, as issued. Ghosting from text on rear. General age-related toning and light staining from handling as visible on image. Small tear middle fold bottom and top margin, backed with contemporary paper and acid free archival tape. Please study scan carefully. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: (TPCRC) E31-36 The overall size is ca. 15.4 x 13.3 inch. The image size is ca. 14.4 x 12.6 inch. The overall size is ca. 39.2 x 33.7 cm. The image size is ca. 36.6 x 32 cm. Seller Inventory # 47101
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