Speyer on the Rhine - General view - "Die Reichstatt Speier so vor alten zeiten Ciuitas Nemetum / das ist Nemeter Statt hat geheissen", historical panoramic view from the east with a view over the navigated Rhine, double page, woodcut from the "Cosmographia" by Sebastian Münster (ca. 1600). Sebastian Münster (1489-1552), form cutter Heinrich Holzmüller (in stock lig. monogr. HHF), German edition, third book, Basel c. 1600, below the depiction / verso text about the city and woodcut of the city coat of arms from 1549 (after Hans Rudolf Manuel), view c. 17 x 38cm, centerfold dam. and rest, somewhat browned / spotty, sheet margins partially creased / min. torn, mounted on passep. (traces of age, inscribed in pencil by another hand, approx. 35 x 45cm), unframed

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