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Sebastian Munster 1552 [Monsters] Les Monstres Marins & Terrestres, Lesquelz on Trouve en Beaucoup
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Sebastian Munster 1552 [Monsters] Les Monstres Marins & Terrestres, Lesquelz on Trouve en Beaucoup de Lieux es Parties Septentrionales This is one of the more fanciful cartographic curiosities and a unique view of Renaissance attitudes toward the unknown lands beyond the civilized world. This woodblock illustration presents a compendium of monsters that were thought to exist in the sixteenth century. Many subsequent mapmakers used these monsters to illustrate the lands and seas of the unexplored world. Across the top is a panel showing land-based creatures, including reindeer, elk (here shown pulling a sleigh), snakes, and a gluttonous bear. The majority of the 'monsters' are ferocious sea creatures shown devouring hapless sailors and wrecking ships. There is a massive lobster shown with a person in its claws and a huge fanged whale erupting fountains of water from its head, as well as a tree that appears to bear ducks as fruit. French text on verso. Bold color with light soiling and a stain at left along the neatline. There are expert repairs to a centerfold separation at bottom and an adjacent tear that extends 2" into image, as well as to several chips and tears in the blank margins, including a chip that enters 1/4" into image at left with the image seamlessly replaced in facsimile. (B) 10.5" W x 13.7" H
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Sebastian Munster 1552 [Monsters] Les Monstres Marins & Terrestres, Lesquelz on Trouve en Beaucoup de Lieux es Parties Septentrionales This is one of the more fanciful cartographic curiosities and a unique view of Renaissance attitudes toward the unknown lands beyond the civilized world. This woodblock illustration presents a compendium of monsters that were thought to exist in the sixteenth century. Many subsequent mapmakers used these monsters to illustrate the lands and seas of the unexplored world. Across the top is a panel showing land-based creatures, including reindeer, elk (here shown pulling a sleigh), snakes, and a gluttonous bear. The majority of the 'monsters' are ferocious sea creatures shown devouring hapless sailors and wrecking ships. There is a massive lobster shown with a person in its claws and a huge fanged whale erupting fountains of water from its head, as well as a tree that appears to bear ducks as fruit. French text on verso. Bold color with light soiling and a stain at left along the neatline. There are expert repairs to a centerfold separation at bottom and an adjacent tear that extends 2" into image, as well as to several chips and tears in the blank margins, including a chip that enters 1/4" into image at left with the image seamlessly replaced in facsimile. (B) 10.5" W x 13.7" H
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Virginia
23060
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