One of the Earliest Obtainable Birdseye Views of Venice

[EUROPE - ITALY - 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.

Item #349

Price: $525.00 USD