Original Antique Bird's-Eye View of Colmar, Alsace, France, 1552

€ 660

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1552
Sheet size: 31.5 × 38.5 cm (12.4 × 15.2 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-12834-2

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

General age-related toning. Original folding line. Minor wear/creasing, French text on verso. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'La Paincture de la cité de Colmar & du pais circonuoisin'.

Original antique bird's-eye view of Colmar, Alsace, France. This map originates from 'La Cosmographie Universelle' by S. Münster. Published 1552.

Artists and Engravers: Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a cosmographer and professor of Hebrew who taught at Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Basel. He settled in the latter in 1529 and died there, of plague, in 1552. Münster made himself the center of a large network of scholars from whom he obtained geographic descriptions, maps, and directions.