Lot 85

Münster, Sebastian

Cosmographiae Universalis Lib. VI

£11,340

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT

Description

In quibus juxta certioris fidei scriptores... Basel: Ex Officina Henricpetrina, [March 1572 to colophon]. First edition in Latin, small folio (32 x 21.5cm), woodcut vignette on title with portrait of Münster to verso, woodcut maps and town views, double-page woodcut of 'sea and land monsters', lacking 24 leaves including 9 views: Figura areae Romanae, Geneva, Verona, Florence, Worms, Heidelberg, Pomerania, large folding plan of Vienna, Constantinople, contemporary calf neatly rebacked with later spine, final leaf laid-down obscuring printer's device, 1920s Stevenson ownership signature to title-page, small hole to title-page with some loss to text on verso and upper margin repaired, some light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, some areas of light dampstaining throughout book (mostly marginal), occasional offsetting particularly to 'Civitas Francofordiana', outer edges of 'Civitas Bisontina...' torn away with some loss to engraved area, small tear to corner of Cologne with loss to page number, some minor repairs and slight fraying to several leaves, some mild worming affecting a few letters towards the end of the book, some light dampstaining [USTC 625634]

Footnote

FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS