Kriechisch Wyssenburg / Griechisch Weissenburg belagert.
Veduta of Belgrade Serbia by Sebastian Munster 1578
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A woodcut antique veduta featuring a miniature panoramic view of the city of Belgrade, Serbia. The view shows the city’s buildings, churches, town walls, and surrounding landscape. Two sailing ships on the Danube River adorn the view. German text on the verso and on the recto.
The plate has been published in the 1578 German edition of Münster’s “Cosmographia Universalis”.
The Cosmographia (“Cosmography”) by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) from 1544 is the earliest German-language description of the world.
Author: Sebastian Münster
Date: [1578]
Dimensions: 20 x 29 cm (leaf); 15,5 x 11,5 cm (veduta)
Condition: Very good/ Fine condition with minor signs of use.
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Item will be shipped in a cardboard tube.
For other details of item condition, please see the photos. More photos available on demand. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
This is an original antique map. We don’t sell reproductions.