Folded woodcut map of Cerknisko Lake and environs

Folded woodcut map of Cerknisko Lake and environs

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Folded woodcut map of Cerknisko Lake and environs, inserted into this work from the 1551 edition by Aquila of this work; cf. the reproduction in P. Simoniti, "The 1551 Herbenstein-Wernher Description of Lake Cerknica," Acta Carsologica 39.1 (2010), p. 150. Simoniti also contends that it is "highly likely that the motif for the woodcut of Lake Cerknica had been drawn by the famous Nürnberg painter, graphic artist and cartographer, Augustin Hirschvogel (1503-1553)" (p. 157).

Penn's copy of De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation (1551), bought as part of the same transaction as this work (Chorographia Transylvaniae), wants the plate. Rudolf Hirsch conjectures that both of these works were disbound from a Sammelband owned by Sigismund von Herberstein, the dedicatee of De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation (cf. "Georg Wernher and Sigismund von Herberstein," Gutenberg Jahrbuch (1963), p. 121).

Established form: Hirschvogel, Augustin, ‡d 1503-1553 Established form: Aquila, Aegidius, ‡d 1496-1552 Established form: Herberstein, Sigmund, ǂc Freiherr von, ǂd 1486-1566

Penn Libraries call number: GC5 R2714 550c