SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1552) and HANS HOLBEIN, the Younger (1497-1543). Typus Cosmographicus Universalis. Basel: Johannes Hervagius, 1532

Sebastian MUNSTER (1488-1522) & Hans HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497-1543)Typus Cosmographicus UniversalisBasel, 1532First edition, published in Johann Huttich and Simon Grynaeus’ “Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incogntarum”2 sheets joined (16” x 22 4/8”, full margins)Fine woodcut world map on an oval projection, the cartography ascribed to prominent cartographer Sebastian Münster and the engraving to the celebrated German artist Hans Holbein the Younger, notably with an angel at each pole with a crank to turn the world on its axis, with sea monsters adorning the waves of the oceans, exotic animals and landscape views with curious classical architectural structures around the margins, along with less benign scenes depicting acts of cannibalism and animal sacrifice. Huttich and Grynaeus’ “Novus Orbis Regionum...” was published in Basel as well as in Paris. The Basel edition was accompanied by a different map than the one used in Paris: in this case, a woodcut map utilizing an