Bird's-eye View of Rome

Bird's-eye View of ROME Monogram C.S. Basel, 1598. Woodcut. Sheet dimensions: 33.2 x 38.1 cm Subject dimensions: 23.8 x 35.3 cm. Wide margins. From the Cosmography of Sebastian Munster. The monogram C.S accompanied by an engraver's stylus signs the engraving in the lower right margin. Inking slightly rubbed. Water stains in the margins. The coloring masks some of these defects and the overall appearance remains pleasant for such an old engraving of a sought-after city.