Items Similar to Original Antique Bird's-Eye View of Colmar, Alsace, France, 1552

Original Antique Bird's Eye View of Banten or Bantam in Java, Indonesia, 1725

Original Antique Bird's Eye View Plan of Hoorn, The Netherlands by Blaeu, c.1700

Rare Antique Bird's-eye View Map of The Island of Malta, 1729

Original Old Engraving, Bird's Eye View of Cangoxuma (Kagoshima) in Japan, 1669

Original Old Bird's-eye View plan of Sneek, Friesland, The Netherlands, 1649

Original Old Bird's-Eye View Plan of Sint-Winoksbergen or Bergen in France, 1649

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 5

Original Antique Bird's-Eye View of Colmar, Alsace, France, 1552

About the Item

Antique map titled 'La Paincture de la cité de Colmar & du pais circonuoisin'. Original antique bird's-eye view of Colmar, Alsace, France. This map originates from 'La Cosmographie Universelle' by S. Münster. Published 1552. Artists and Engravers: Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a cosmographer and professor of Hebrew who taught at Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Basel. He settled in the latter in 1529 and died there, of plague, in 1552. Münster made himself the center of a large network of scholars from whom he obtained geographic descriptions, maps, and directions.

Dimensions:

Height: 12.41 in (31.5 cm)Width: 15.16 in (38.5 cm)Depth: 0 in (0.02 mm)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper

Period:

16th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1552

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Original folding line. Minor wear/creasing, French text on verso. Please study image carefully.

Seller Location:

Langweer, NL

Reference Number:

Seller: BG-12834-21stDibs: LU3054327311622

View Invoice