Das künigreich Engellandt mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottland/so vor Zeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen

Silografia, dipinta a mano, mm 252x346 raffigurante una fascinosa carta geografica di Inghilterra e parte della Scozia. L'incisione è tratta dalla versione tedesca di "Cosmographia universalis", una delle prime descrizioni del mondo intero e la più importante opera geografica tedesca dopo la Cronaca di Norimberga del 1493. Buon esemplare con alcune tracce di sporco superficiale, piccolo difetti marginali ed un restauro al titolo in alto al centro.<BR>Woodcut, colored, mm 252x346, showing England and part of Scotland. Some defects in margins, surface dirt and a restored tear affecting title at top.<BR>From a german edition of "Cosmographia universalis" one of the most important geographical description of the XVI century after the Nuremberg Chronicle. Printed for the first time in 1544 by Heinrich Petri, has been updated and increased for several times with new geographic maps and views of cities, it had numerous editions in different languages: latin, italian, french, english and czech. It passed trough 24 editions in about 80 years. This success was due to the notable woodcuts, some by Hans Holbein the younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Deutsch, and David Kandel.