Münster’s Map of Riga Date of Publication_1860

Münster’s Map of Riga Date of Publication_1860This view of the Latvian capital Riga is fromfrom Sebastian Mnster's Cosmographia. A compendium of topographical information, folklore and travels, it was first published with a modest 26 maps in 1544, mostly borrowed from his Ptolemy of 1540. A substantial enlargement took place in 1550, and after Mnster's death in 1552 his step son, Heinrich Petri (and his son, Sebastian), continued to revise and augment the work. A major revision took place in

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From the mid 1970s she turned her attention to landscapes and wildlife art

continued to revise and augment the work

Spencer Pryse and McDonald Gill

Brangwyn’s ‘The Border Bridge’

Staining and neat paper repairs to title and preliminary leaves

sheet size 30

Signed limited edition screenprint

but of particular interest is the schematic map

Kelpra Studio number 'K7275' stamped on the verso

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