Deutsch, Hans Rudolf Manuel
Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525–1571) was a Swiss artist and woodcutter. His work appeared in Agricola's De re metallica and for Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. Deutsch's father, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (the Elder) and his brother Niklaus were also artists.
Bestiary of fantastical northern monsters.
Mostri marini et terrestri, che si trovano in ogni luogo nelle parti d'aquilone.
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An attractive example of Sebastian Münster's bestiary of sea serpents and other astonishing monsters, some fictional, some real. The image first appeared in the expanded 1550 editions of Munster's Cosmographia, a work which for more than half a century provided the European literate layperson their best source of information about the world. Most of the beasts here are derived from a 1539 map of Scandinavia by Olaus Magnus. As fanciful as these creatures may appear, many depict factual creatures that Scandinavian sailors and whalemen occasionally encountered. Among the more recognizable beasts are various forms of whales with obvious blowholes, at least two enormous lobsters, a sea serpent (possibly an oarfish), the whale fish (white fish at center, an Orca), and something that might very well be a walrus. A pelican (letter R) is recognizably depicted, and it is described on the verso including part of its scientific name (Onocrotalus.) Of course, there are fictional sea monsters too, including a pig faced sea beast, apparently seen by sailors in 1537, and the Sea Buffalo, something that looks like a cross between a bull and a fish. (more details)
Earliest Printed View of Geneva.
Beyde stett Genff, gross und klein, mit einer Brucken zusammen gehenckt.
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This is an edition of Sebastian Münster's 1550 prospect of Geneva, Switzerland. It presents the first accurate glimpse of the 'Protestant Rome,' the seat of the Reformation in Europe. It is the earliest version of the earliest printed image of Geneva based on actual observation. (more details)
The Earliest Printed Image of Besançon, France.
Warhafftige abcontrafehtung der Herzlichen und Beruempten Statt Bisantz.
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This lively and remarkably accurate woodcut bird's eye view of Besançon, France, is the earliest acquirable printed image of that city. (more details)
Earliest Acquirable Image of Tunis, Tunisia.
[Untitled plan of Tunis and fort of Goleta, Tunisia.]
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Sebastian Münster's woodcut view of Tunis, Tunisia, is the earliest acquirable printed image of that city based on contemporaneous information, resulting from Charles V's 1535 siege of the Tunisian port. (more details)