Antique Print: Munster, Sebastian

[ Frankfurt Am Mein ] "Sito & Figura Di Francofordia Città, Come È Nel 1546. "

      Amsterdam 1575. Guaranteed original. Magnificent woodcut view with large ornamental cartouches containing keys to places in Italian & coats of arms. Italian text description with woodcut ills to verso. Engraved surface 16 x 10 inches [ 40 x 25 cm ] Perfect condition. * Sebastian Munster (1489-1552) was one of the first great cartographers, working in the era before the Dutch ?modern? cartographers such as Mercator and Ortelius. He studiously compiled the best information available in the sixteenth century, corresponding with scholars all around Europe and visiting bookfairs and libraries whenever possible. Munster issued many influential maps in his editions of Ptolemy's Geographia and his own Cosmographia which were published beginning in 1540.