MUENSTER SEBASTIAN Cosmographiae Universalis Lib VI

Sale 1990 - Lot 9

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Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 25,000

MUENSTER, SEBASTIAN. Cosmographiae Universalis Lib. VI. 14 double-page wood-engraved maps, 38 double-page views, 3 panoramic views, and over 900 wood-engraved illustrations. Thick folio, contemporary blind-stamped calf, with floral motifs on covers, neatly rebacked with the original back retained; title-page trimmed to rule in top margin, trimmed close to rule along the fore-edge, double-page maps and views untrimmed and folded at ends flush with the trimmed text block; some minor scattered soiling. (Basel: Petri, 1559)

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Latin language edition and scarcer than the German language editions of 1553 and 1564. The section on the Americas is enlarged and some of the woodcuts are different. The atlas contains 2 world maps, one which includes the New World.