MUNSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). La Cosmographie Universelle . Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1556. 2° (337 x 217mm). Woodcut title vignette, author portrait on title verso, 55 double-page maps on guards and over 860 (including repeats) woodcuts, woodcut text diagrams. (First 2 quires repaired at hinge, occasional stains, one small burn-hole affecting a few letters.) Contemporary Parisian panelled calf, gilt fleuron at corners and centre (worn). Provenance : a few contemporary marginal annotations in French. Second edition in French, "of greater rarity than the [first French edition of 1552]" (Sabin 51398).
MUNSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). La Cosmographie Universelle . Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1556. 2° (337 x 217mm). Woodcut title vignette, author portrait on title verso, 55 double-page maps on guards and over 860 (including repeats) woodcuts, woodcut text diagrams. (First 2 quires repaired at hinge, occasional stains, one small burn-hole affecting a few letters.) Contemporary Parisian panelled calf, gilt fleuron at corners and centre (worn). Provenance : a few contemporary marginal annotations in French. Second edition in French, "of greater rarity than the [first French edition of 1552]" (Sabin 51398).
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