1552 Munster Leaf Cheb Eger Bohemia Czech 2 Woodcuts

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1552 Description of of Cheb (Eger) in Bohemia from "Cosmographia" by Sebastian Münster
History of Cheb
Two Woodcut Pictures

Single authentic woodcut leaf from "Cosmographia" by Sebastian Münster. French edition; Basel printing house of Sebastian Heinrich-Petri 1552. Book III, pages 897-898.

Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and Hebrew scholar whose Cosmographia (1544; "Cosmography") was the earliest German description of the world and a major work - after the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493 - in the revival of geographic thought in 16th-century Europe. Altogether, about 40 editions of the Cosmographia appeared during 1544-1628. Although other cosmographies predate Münster's, he is given first place in historical discussions of this sort of publication, and was a major influence on his subject for over 200 years. Cosmographia contained not only the latest maps and views of many well-known cities, but included an encyclopaedic amount of detail about the known - and unknown - world and undoubtedly must have been one of the most widely read books of its time. Aside from the well-known maps and views present in the Cosmographia (including the first separate printed map of the Western Hemisphere), the text is thickly sprinkled with vigorous woodcuts: portraits of kings and princes, costumes and occupations, habits and customs, flora and fauna, monsters and horrors.

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This authentic woodcut leaf from the early French edition of Cosmographia is devoted to Cheb (German: Eger) - town in extreme western Bohemia, Czech Republic. Cheb lies along the Ohre River, near the German border. Its history has been full of violence, for it guards the easiest approach to Bohemia from the northwest. The city passed in the 13th century from Swabian rulers to Otakar I, king of Bohemia, and it was battered in the Hussite wars (1419-36) and the Thirty Years' War (1618-48). Cheb is famous for its beer and spas.

The text describes the history of Cheb and its famous people, including Clemens Buchelberger and Nicolas Kesler. The leaf contains two woodcut pictures:

• A brewer making beer
• Spring; Mineral water

Page measures 8.3 x 12.8 inches. Printed on laid paper. The leaf is in good condition. Imperfections: minor browning; marginal water stains. will look great with a mat and frame.

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