BGI-01497

Antique Print of the fortress Julaof Tokay by Munster (c.1580)

  • Condition: Fair, age-related toning. Some defects and lower left corner restores. Text on verso. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: c.1580
  • Overall size: 20 x 28.5 cm.
  • Image size: 15.5 x 12 cm.
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.. Tokay - Munster (c.1580)

Description: Antique print Hungary titled 'Contrafehtung der Festung Tokay'. Birds eye view of the fortress Julaof Tokay, Hungary, surrounded with Turkish troops. Originates from a German edition of S. Munster's 'Cosmographia'. Exact year of publication to be determined.

Artists and Engravers: Sebastian Munster, a German cartographer, cosmographer and Christian scholar. He is best known for Cosmographia, the earliest German description of the world.