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Cosmographia Universalis

Sebastian Münster (German, 1489-1552) (Author)

Swiss (Other)

1575

printed book with woodcut illustrations
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Sebastian Münster, a German cartographer, cosmographer, and Hebrew scholar, worked at the University of Basel. His Universal Cosmography, first published in 1544, was the earliest German description of the world. It was published in multiple editions, including translations into Latin, French, English, and Italian.

Provenance

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2012-2013	Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton.
2008	Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/7/2012	Treatment	binding stabilized

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Geographies

Germany, Cologne (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Closed H: 12 13/16 x W: 8 3/4 x D: 3 3/8 in. (32.5 x 22.3 x 8.5 cm); Page 1229 H: 12 1/4 x W: 7 9/16 in. (31.1 x 19.2 cm); Map 13v H: 5/16 x W: 7 9/16 in. (31.2 x 19.2 cm); Map 13r H: 12 5/16 x W: 7 9/16 in. (31.2 x 19.2 cm); Open, Page 1229 H: 12 1/4 x W: 15 1/2 x D: 7 in. (31.12 x 39.37 x 17.78 cm); Open, Maps 13r-13v H: 12 1/4 x W: 14 1/2 x D: 8 in. (31.12 x 36.83 x 20.32 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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92.112

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