Roma; Destruccio Iherosolime; Lutetia Parisiorum urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaque, caput regni Franciae (three works)
Roma; Destruccio Iherosolime; Lutetia Parisiorum urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaque, caput regni Franciae (three works)
engraving; wood-engraving with hand coloring; hand-colored engraving 17⅛ h × 21⅝ w in (43 × 55 cm) 12¾ h × 15⅝ w in (32 × 40 cm) 11⅝ h × 15¼ w in (30 × 39 cm)
Balthasar Jenichen. Roma. Nuremberg, n.d. (c. 1570). A very rare, engraved and etched perspective view of Rome, with North down, derived from Munster's 1550 Cosmographia depicting the city was it was in 1490.
Hartmann Schedel. Folio LXIII & LXIIII. Destruccio Iherosolime. From the Nuremberg Chronicle (Nuremberg, 1493). This double-page woodcut view of Jerusalem is hand-colored, and features text in Latin.
Sebastian Munster (1488-1552). Lutetia Parisiorum urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaque, caput regni Franciae from Cosmographia. Basel: Petri, c. 1552. One of the earliest attainable birds-eye views of Paris. Hand-colored engraving illustrating Paris in detail including bridges, buildings, fortified walls, and various landmarks.
provenance: Collection of Dr. Bernard Rubin, Chicago
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