Mining Waterwheel Breaking Ore Munster Cosmographia - 1628 Old Wood Cut Print

Description

Mining Waterwheel
(Mining, Waterwheel, Ore, Miner, Water power, Munster, Cosmographia, Cosmography)
Issued 1628, Basel, by Sebastian Munster.
This 16th century wood cut print is an excerpt depicting a waterwheel-powered hammer machined used to break mined ore from Sebastian Munster's eminent
Cosmographia
. The look and feel of the paper alone take you back to the Early Modern World. And the folk art aesthetic of the wood cut printing lends the work a fantastical, otherworldly quality.
Nice looking example, pleasing age patina, any minor age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. Provided photos show the front and back of the item, not two discrete prints.
Mounted and framed, this piece would make an excellent decoration for your home, restaurant, office, classroom, or any other space where people appreciate the vintage aesthetic of antique printed history
Measures 15"H x 9"W
[M141]
Mining Waterwheel Breaking Ore Munster Cosmographia - 1628 Old Wood Cut Print
Mining Waterwheel
(Mining, Waterwheel, Ore, Miner, Water power, Munster, Cosmographia, Cosmography)
Issued 1628, Basel, by Sebastian Munster.
This 16th century wood cut print is an excerpt depicting a waterwheel-powered hammer machined used to break mined ore from Sebastian Munster's eminent
Cosmographia
. The look and feel of the paper alone take you back to the Early Modern World. And the folk art aesthetic of the wood cut printing lends the work a fantastical, otherworldly quality.
Nice looking example, pleasing age patina, any minor age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. Provided photos show the front and back of the item, not two discrete prints.
Mounted and framed, this piece would make an excellent decoration for your home, restaurant, office, classroom, or any other space where people appreciate the vintage aesthetic of antique printed history
Measures 15"H x 9"W
[M141]