Skip to content

The Quatering of Bessus and founding of Margiana by Alexander the Great from "Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt by Sebastian Munster - 1578

by Sebastian Munster

The Quatering of Bessus and founding of Margiana by Alexander the Great from "Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt by Sebastian Munster - 1578

The Quatering of Bessus and founding of Margiana by Alexander the Great from "Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt

by Sebastian Munster

  • Used
  • very good
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. Very good.

The Quatering of Bessus and the founding of Margiana by Alexander the Great from Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt by Sebastian Munster. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound.

This disbound leaf from Munster's Cosmographia measures 8" x 13.5". It contains two woodcuts showing episodes from Alexander the Great's conquest of Central Asia. The leaf is in nice shape with some marginal toning.

One woodcut shows the torturous execution of Bessus (Artaxerxes V), who had proclaimed himself King of the Persians after the assassination of Darius III. After the final Persian defeat as Alexander marched across Central Asia, Bessus and fellow conspirators were captured. Alexander pardoned the other nobles involved in Darius's murder but condemned Bessus to be executed in the manner Persians reserved for regicide. After his nose and ears were cut off, his limbs were tied to recoiled trees which when released resulted in a long, agonizing death as the victim's ligaments, tendons, muscles, and organs would be slowly separated as the trees straightened themselves.

The other woodcut appears to show Alexander founding the city of Alexander Mariana near the source of the Murghab River in the region northwest of Afghanistan.

. Sebastian Munster was a cosmographer and professor of Hebrew who taught at several European universitys. During his life, he became the center of a network of scholars who provided him with maps, anecdotes, and descriptions of pehnomena of the known world. In 1554, he first published his "Cosmographia" which contained 471 woodcut illustrations and 26 maps. it was reprinted in six languages in 46 ediitions of the next hundred years, and Munster's writings, maps, and illustrations influenced scholarly thought for generations beyond that.

.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Format/Binding Disbound
  • Book Condition Used - Very good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Heinrich Petri
  • Place of Publication Basel
  • Date Published 1578
No image available

A Treatyse of the Newe India

by Munster, Sebastian

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
Reprint
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Decatur, Illinois, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£5.62

Show Details

Description:
Readex Microprint. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Owner name. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages .
Item Price
£5.62
No image available

A Treatyse of the Newe India

by Munster, Sebastian

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Austin, Minnesota, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£7.83

Show Details

Description:
Readex Microprint Corporation, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover.
Item Price
£7.83
No image available

A Treatyse of the Newe India [Fifth book, Copsmographiae Universalis]

by Munster, Sebastian (Translated by Rycharde Eden)

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good Plus
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Milton, Vermont, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£8.03

Show Details

Description:
Readex Microprint, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small hardcover, very light wear. Tight binding, clean and unmarked. No dust jacket, if issued. Facsimile of the original. English translation of the fifth book of Munster's Copsmographiae Universalis of 1550.
Item Price
£8.03
A TREATYSE OF THE NEWE INDIA

A TREATYSE OF THE NEWE INDIA

by Munster, Sebastian

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£8.03

Show Details

Description:
New York: Readex Microprint. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. 8vo; Book is in fine condition. .
Item Price
£8.03
No image available

A Treatyse of the New India

by Munster, Sebastian; Eden, Rycharde (trans)

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 3 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£10.84

Show Details

Description:
Readex Microprint, 1966. Hard Cover. As new. Hardcover, unpaginated, with a new foreword. Facsimile reprint of the original 1553 edition. English translation of part of the fifth book of Munster's Cosmographiae Universalis, which reported the voyages of Columbus, Vespucci, and Magellan. Issued without dust jacket.
Item Price
£10.84
Antique Woodcut Engraving. Crown and Decorated Initial

Antique Woodcut Engraving. Crown and Decorated Initial

by Sebastian Munster

  • Used
  • good
Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£12.00

Show Details

Description:
From "Cosmagraphia", 1544 Circa 1550. One hand-colored engraving on a single leaf printed on both sides. Sheet measures 12 by 8 inches or 30 by 20 cm. One edge rough, minor creasing and some spotting/age toning. Folded once horizontally Good.
Item Price
£12.00
No image available

Masterpieces of Cartography: Imagining the Globe

by Quijano, Felipe; Codazzi, Agostino [Illustrator]; Al-Idrisi, Muhammad [Illustrator]; Münster, Sebastian [Illustrator]; Ricci, Matteo [Illustrator];

  • Used
  • Paperback
Condition
Used: Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 13
9781722652012
ISBN 10
1722652012
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£21.91

Show Details

Description:
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018-07-14. Paperback. Used: Good.
Item Price
£21.91
Antique Woodcut Engravings. Mosque and Plants
More Photos

Antique Woodcut Engravings. Mosque and Plants

by Sebastian Munster

  • Used
  • good
Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£16.02

Show Details

Description:
Circa 1550. Hand-colored single leaf printed on both sides. Sheet measures 12 by 8 inches or 30 by 20cm. Onet edge rough, some creasing. Good. Postage will be charged at cost, multiple prints will be no extra charge for shipping.
Item Price
£16.02
Antique Woodcut Engraving. House with Two Heads on Poles.
More Photos

Antique Woodcut Engraving. House with Two Heads on Poles.

by Sebastian Munster

  • Used
  • very good
Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£16.02

Show Details

Description:
Circa 1550. One print hand-colored single leaf printed on both sides. Sheet measures 12 by 8 inches or 30 by 20cm. One edge rough, minor creasing. Very Good. Postage will be charged at cost, multiple prints will be no extra charge for shipping.
Item Price
£16.02
Antique Woodcut Engraving. Skeleton on a Pole.
More Photos

Antique Woodcut Engraving. Skeleton on a Pole.

by Sebastian Munster

  • Used
  • very good
Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£16.02

Show Details

Description:
Circa 1550. Hand-colored single leaf printed on both sides. Sheet measures 12 by 8 inches or 30 by 20cm. One edge rough, minor creasing. Very Good. Postage will be charged at cost, multiple prints will be no extra charge for shipping.
Item Price
£16.02