The Netherlands & Belgium · 16th century
€ 340
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Antique map titled 'Braband'. Original woodcut print of the region of Brabant (the Netherlands) and part of Belgium. Charming miniature originating from 'Cosmographia' by S. Munster.
Artists and Engravers: Sebastian Munster was 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: Good, general age-related toning. Small crease/wrinkle. Frame included, with wear. Please study image carefully.
Date: c.1580
Overall size: 23 x 19.5 cm.
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