1552 Basel (410 results)

0. Sprache: Deutschu.

Technic: Reprint, colorit: black/white, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 34,5 x 24,5 cm, Facsimile of the original edition by Sebastian Münster Cosmographei, Basel 1550 in original size. 1233 pages, hardcover with imitation leather, the title in gold embossing. Original leatherette slipcase covered on both sides with the title page, numerous wood engraved illustrations. German edition. Introduction on 28 pages in English and German by Ruthardt Oehme. Mirror of the World / A Series of Early books on the History of Urbanization / First Series - Volume V / Advisory Editors R. A. Skelton and A. O. Vietor.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 25 x 17 cm, mage shows a coat of arms depicting a naked man on a black background. This coat of arms is titled 'Thunis, an old city.' The reverse side contains German text.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 27,5 x 15 cm, Representation of a fish from the Labervalley in Germany. On reverse a description.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Trimmed, size (in cm): 25,5 x 17 cm, The illustration shows a coat of arms of Windisch Mark. Windisch Mark is a historical region in present-day Slovenia. The reverse side depicts a believer worshipping the sun and the moon.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 24 x 17 cm, Illustration shows the town of Thann in Alsace with a description in German, reverse shows two farmers threshing grain.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 28,5 x 17,5 cm, Top left: the Styrian coat of arms, which features the Styrian Panther on a green background. Below is an image of a resident from Styria with a goiter on their neck. The description of the image and the back side contain German text.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 25 x 17, Map shows the city of Glarus.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 29 x 17,5 cm, The illustration shows the bust of Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania, in armor with a helmet and scepter. Description in German: 'Of the fertility of Transylvania.' The back describes the people of Transylvania from Ceculia or Zeckenland, Hermenstatt (Hermannstadt), Cronenstatt (Kronstadt), and Tergovista/Tervis (Tergoviste).

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: colored, condition: Minor stains, size (in cm): 29,5 x 17,5 cm, Depiction of a carriage with harnessed tigers and a description of this custom in Trinidad. According to the ?Indians?, the reverse depicts a person without a head with a face on his upper body, called ?Chiparemai?.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Some browning, size (in cm): 27 x 15,5 cm, Depiction of a political meeting to amend the law in 1545.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Left margin outside, slightly spotted, size (in cm): 29 x 17,5 cm, This illustration shows a local hut on the island of Assumption Natifcotes, located at latitude 49° in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the entrance to the "Conata" River, Canada. It also includes a description in German, as well as information for the Canadian islands of "New Francia", "Terra Corteralis", and the "Island of the Birds".

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 29 x 18 cm, Depiction of the Danish coat of arms. Reverse depiction of a Danish king with associated text of the kings of Denmark before the birth of Christ.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Corner outside completed lower left., size (in cm): 25 x 15,5 cm, Representation of the polnish coat of arm, on reverse text.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 29,5 x 18 cm, Illustration of several whales. Back: illustration of a bat.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 28 x 16 cm, Illustration of several rabbits in the Balearic Islands (Mallorca and Minorca). Rückseite: ein Wappen einer Insel nähe Afrika.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Upper external left corner missing, size (in cm): 27,5 x 16 cm, The top image shows the Wartenberg Fortress in Hesse, the bottom image the town of Horb am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg. -on reverse, an illustration of knights of the Roman Empire in the Rottweil Hofgericht. Each illustration is provided with a corresponding German text.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 28 x 16,5 cm, Portrait of Adrianus, Bishop of Sitten, above, and a portrait of Sebastian Münster below. Back side with German text. Sitten is the capital of the canton of Valais and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Switzerland. Its history dates back to the Neolithic period. Even before the Romans, the area around Sitten was settled by Celtic tribes. In the 6th century, Sitten became the seat of a bishop; the Bishop of Sitten later became not only the spiritual leader but also the secular ruler of the Valais region. The city was strongly influenced by the power of the prince-bishops, who played a significant role until the 18th century. In the 19th century, Sitten became the capital of the canton as part of the establishment of the modern Swiss federal state.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 28 x 16,5 cm, Image of Constantinus the Great (Byzantium), Emperor of Constantinople and a depiction of the coat of arms of the Byzantine Empire.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 25,5 x 17 cm, Representation of the Goths and Huns in Europe.The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe, between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part of Scythia at the time; the Huns' arrival is associated with the migration westward of an Iranian people, the Alans. The Goths were an East Germanic people, two of whose branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the long series of Gothic Wars and in the emergence of Medieval Europe.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 25 x 15,5 cm, Map shows the city of Offenburg.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Stain upper margin, size (in cm): 28 x 16,5 cm, The upper image shows the town of Eguisheim, in the center the coat of arms of the Count of 'Thierstein,' and below the romantic Murbach Monastery in Alsace. The back features an image of a monk from Murbach Monastery.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 25,5 x 17 cm, Illustration of the municipality of Murbach in Alsace, France. On the back the municipality of Soultz-Haut-Rhin in Alsace is shown.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 25 x 16,5 cm, Illustration of the Calicut idol with German description. The reverse side shows a pepper plant from Calcutta. Sebastian Münster adopted the text from Ludovico de Varthema's book from 1515 and had the image redrawn, including it in the 'Cosmography,' Book 5, Chapter 82, for the people of Calicut. The images and their interpretations have a long tradition; they have been passed down independently from book to book without being verified on site.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Some browning, size (in cm): 29 x 17 cm, What is the English translation of: Map showing the besieged town of Györ (German Raab) in Hungary. Below is an index of the Imperial camps in front of Raab.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 27,5 x 16,5 cm, The upper image shows the city of Saverne (German: Zabern) in Alsace. Below is the massacre of Zabern on May 17, 1525.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 28,50 x 30 cm, On front and backside of each a presentation of an astronomic calculationboard.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 29 x 17,5, Decorative representation of the coat of arm of the Republic of Lithuania.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 25,5 x 17 cm, Map shows the mount Olympus.

Technic: Woodcut, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 26 x 17 cm, Map shows the city of Cartagena in Murcia, on reverse coat of arms.