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Cosmographiae uniuersalis lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur, omniu[m] habitabilis orbis partiu[m] situs, p[ro]priæq[ue] dotes. regionum topographicæ effigies ..

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552 · 1550 · Basileæ : apud Henrichum Petri · 22 pictures

Sebastian Münster's Cosmographiae uniuersalis, printed in Basel in 1550 by Henricus Petri, is a Latin geography of the known world with town views and regional maps for a scholarly readership. Its woodcuts show a mounted warrior charging a fleeing crowd, a mining works with ore being processed, and a walled town under a dramatic sky with siege engines, giving designers dense, hand-cut linework for cartographic and narrative scenes.

Geography · Imprint 1550

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