Author: after Sebastian Münster (1488-1552)
Title: [Antique print, woodcut and letterpress] The printer's workshop [Cosmographia Universalis], published 1628.
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. Woodcut and letterpress on paper; total: 174 x 206 mm; soiled towards the right, due to handling; fine and interesting impression.

Keywords: Book history|Crafts