Beschreibung der Statt Würzburg.
€175
- Cartographer
- Sebastian Münster
- Date
- 1588
- Publication
- Cosmographia Universalis · Basel, Sebastian Petri (Henricpetri)
- Subject
- Würzburg, Germany
- Condition
- Photographs show paper discolouration, foxing, folds and edge wear.
- Availability
- In stock. Subject to availability.
About this piece
A hand-coloured woodcut of Würzburg from the 1588 German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia, published by Sebastian Petri in Basel. The compact city fills the lower half of the sheet, with its streets, red roofs and enclosing walls carefully laid out. The Main runs behind it, and on the far bank the Marienberg fortress stands above the town between two coats of arms.
The print changes character as the eye moves across it. Fields in the foreground give way to crowded streets, then to the open line of the river and the high silhouette of the fortress. Several keyed lists help identify features in the panorama. On the reverse, a smaller coloured view appears alongside German letterpress and a decorative heading for Würzburg.
The hand colouring gives the buildings and surrounding land clear definition. The paper has a visible middle fold, paper discolouration, scattered spotting and wear along the edges.