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MÜNSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschafften, fürnemesten Stetten. Basel: in der Officin Henricpetrina, 1569.
2° (310 x 205mm). Letterpress title within decorative woodcut border, 26 double-page woodcut maps of the ancient and modern world, 37 double-page woodcut town plans and views including 3 folding views of Worms, Heidelberg and Vienna, numerous woodcut illustrations including 11 full-page maps and views. (Light spotting or browning throughout, folds and edges of two of the folding views neatly strenghtened on verso.) Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over bevilled wooden boards (rubbed at corners, clasps lacking). Provenance: Ludovicus Riggenbach (signed and dated 1876, on front end-paper). cf. Sabin 51390 (noting Ebert's record of a 1569 Basel edition).
2° (310 x 205mm). Letterpress title within decorative woodcut border, 26 double-page woodcut maps of the ancient and modern world, 37 double-page woodcut town plans and views including 3 folding views of Worms, Heidelberg and Vienna, numerous woodcut illustrations including 11 full-page maps and views. (Light spotting or browning throughout, folds and edges of two of the folding views neatly strenghtened on verso.) Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over bevilled wooden boards (rubbed at corners, clasps lacking). Provenance: Ludovicus Riggenbach (signed and dated 1876, on front end-paper). cf. Sabin 51390 (noting Ebert's record of a 1569 Basel edition).