Print, book-illustration, map, Hans Holbein the Younger, between 1520 and 1540

Print, book-illustration, map, Hans Holbein the Younger, between 1520 and 1540

Title-border with putti holding cornucopia at top; two nerieds flanking a vase below; two borders at sides with at eight children dancing to left; cut by the monogrammist cv after holbein; printed from four blocks; on verso a map of africa (by holbein?); illustrations to a latin edition of münster's 'cosmographia' ptolemy, 'geographia universalis', basel: heinrich petri, 1545. Metalcut, woodcut and letterpress. Date: between 1520 and 1540. Dimensions: Height: 22 mm (Top and bottom); Height: 145 mm (image border, recto); Height: 255 mm (map); Width: 126 mm; Width: 340 mm; Width: 97 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sebastian Münster. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration, map (BM 1865,0114.1016)
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Author: Print made by: Hans Holbein the Younger Printed by: Adam Petri Block cut by: Master CVSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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