Die Statt Straßburg.
€175
- Cartographer
- Sebastian Münster
- Date
- 1588
- Publication
- Cosmographia Universalis · Basel, Sebastian Petri (Henricpetri)
- Subject
- Strasbourg, France
- Condition
- Photographs show paper discolouration, foxing, folds and edge wear.
- Availability
- In stock. Subject to availability.
About this piece
A hand-coloured woodcut of Strasbourg from the 1588 German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia, published by Sebastian Petri in Basel. The city stretches across the middle of the sheet in a wide band of red roofs. The tall spire of Strasbourg Cathedral rises above them, with waterways, fields and the angled lines of the defences opening out in the foreground.
A green ribbon carries the city’s name, flanked by two red shields. Below the view, the printed key gives the reader a way to move through the scene building by building. The reverse preserves the German text and a large decorative heading, with a smaller coloured woodcut set into the opposite page.
The hand colouring helps separate the waterways and cultivated ground from the tightly packed city. The sheet has a middle fold, visible paper discolouration and spotting, with some wear along the edges.