Die heilige statt Jerusalem contrafehtet nach form uns geststalt wie sie ietz erbauwen ist. View of Jerusalem, two-page engraving from Sebastian Münster’s book Cosmographica , Basel, 16th century.
Cosmographica deals with geography, history, zoology, botany, anthropology and astronomy, accompanied by hundreds of maps and illustrations of countries and cities around the world. The first German edition was published in 1544, and is considered one of the earliest depictions of the world. There were many more editions published in German, Latin, French, Italian and Czech. Before us is a depiction from one of the German editions of the book.
Engraving 16×38 cm., sheet: 35×43 cm. Fold line in the center. Some stains in the margins. Fine condition.