Subject: Romania
Period: 1562 (circa)
Publication: Cosmographiae Universalis...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13.4 x 10.5 inches
34 x 26.7 cm
This attractive woodblock map covers the region of present-day Romania that was then the heartland of the Saxon community in southern Transylvania. The map graphically depicts the mountains, rivers and forests and locates numerous towns. A large distance scale is at bottom and the title is in the top margin. This map only appears in a few editions of Munster's Cosmographia, and is therefore uncommon. Latin text with a lovely woodcut engraving on verso.
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Condition: A
Excellent impression and color with a professionally repaired tear that enters 1" into image at bottom right. A chip in bottom blank margin along centerfold has been repaired with old paper.