VENICE
MUENSTER, Sebastian (1488-1552). [Birdseye View of Venice Titled:] Venetiarum amplissima & maritima urbs cum multis circumiacentibus insulis, Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1559.
Map from the Fourth Latin Edition of Cosmographiae Universalis lib. VI. Woodcut map ca. 27 x 38,5 cm (10 ½ x 13 ½ in) including the title printed above. Latin title and text on verso. Map with original centrefold, some mild age toning but overall a very good strong impression of this map.
One of the earliest obtainable birdseye views of Venice by Sebastian Muenster, one of the most influential cartographers of the sixteenth century.
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