Author: Münster, Sebastian (from)
Title: The printer's workshop [Cosmographia Universalis]
Description: Lower portion of page from the Cosmographia Universalis' last edition, published in 1628, by Sebastian Münster. The printing master is working at the press, while a younger man is holding two ink-balls in his hands. On the left of the illustration German text concerning the first employment of the printing press, around 1440. l Woodcut and letterpress on paper; total: 174 x 206 mm; soiled towards the right, due to handling; fine and interesting impression.

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