Lot 08
PRAGUE RENAISSANCE COSMOGRAPHY
1595
Binding to an illuminated parchment manuscript from around 1500
15 x 10 x 1 cm (h x w x d)
| 1 920 €
Johannes Honter (1498-1549), a Transylvanian humanist, Protestant theologian and reformer, studied at the universities of Vienna and Krakow. He has published his main work in several cities, the Prague edition is an extremely rare gem of Bohemian book printing. One-page woodcuts depict the following topics: the armillary sphere, the Ptolemaic geocentric concept of the planetary system, and a schematic map of the world in the form of a hemisphere. The following is an important two-leaf map of the world of Universalis cosmographia in a cordial form of representation, where the name "America" is probably shown for the first time in the Czech provenance of maps. The map, with its name and method of cartographic projection, refers to a large-format map of Martin Waldseemüller from 1507, where the name America is used for the first time. This legendary map is preserved in a single copy, now in the Library of Congress. On Honter's map, the name is used only for the southern part of the continent; Also included are two-page maps of the same size 19 x 14 cm in the order Hispania, Gallia, Germania, Polonia, Hungary, Graecia, Judaea, Asia minor, Asia major, Africa (with the sources of the Nile) and at the end one-page Sicilia 14 x 9.5 cm. The text and descriptions of the maps are in Latin, but in the header of the maps there are also equivalents in German and Czech, created by Schumann especially for this Prague edition. The names are: Spanish Kingdom, French Kingdom, German Countries (here names Boemia, Prague, Moravia, Olomouc), Polish Kingdom, Hungarian Kingdom, Rzecké Kingdom, Wlaska Country, Swatá Country, Asya Menssij, Asya Wětssijst, Mau Charming simple woodcut maps of Ptolemaic character are decorated with sailboats, mythical figures and sea monsters, they are important for the development of early cartography.
More works from auction
![A LATE GOTHIC MADONNA](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0016525_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 1 A LATE GOTHIC MADONNA
Starting price240 000 CZK | 9 600 €
Price realized
240 000 CZK | 9 600 €
![PIETA](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0015968_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 2 PIETA
Starting price220 000 CZK | 8 800 €
Price realized
230 000 CZK | 9 200 €
![PAIRED PICTURES - MOCKING JESUS CHRIST](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/03-par_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 3 PAIRED PICTURES - MOCKING JESUS CHRIST
Starting price12 000 CZK | 480 €
Price realized
23 000 CZK | 920 €
![RESURRECTION OF A CHRIST](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0015891_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 4 RESURRECTION OF A CHRIST
Starting price17 000 CZK | 680 €
Price realized
30 000 CZK | 1 200 €
![EARLY ROMAN AND GREEK GEOGRAPHY](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0017123_1_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 5 EARLY ROMAN AND GREEK GEOGRAPHY
Starting price24 000 CZK | 960 €
![FOUR EARLY PRINTS OF ROMAN ANTIQUE CLASSICS](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0018444_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 6 FOUR EARLY PRINTS OF ROMAN ANTIQUE CLASSICS
Starting price35 000 CZK | 1 400 €
Price realized
35 000 CZK | 1 400 €
![AMATORIA](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0017136_1_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 7 AMATORIA
Starting price18 000 CZK | 720 €
Price realized
18 000 CZK | 720 €
![PRAGUE RENAISSANCE COSMOGRAPHY](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0017163_1_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 8 PRAGUE RENAISSANCE COSMOGRAPHY
Starting price48 000 CZK | 1 920 €
Sold
![ANNUNCIATION](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0019325_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 9 ANNUNCIATION
Starting price240 000 CZK | 9 600 €
Price realized
240 000 CZK | 9 600 €
![EVENING LANDSCAPE WITH BRIDGE AND HUNTERS](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0018405_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 10 EVENING LANDSCAPE WITH BRIDGE AND HUNTERS
Starting price65 000 CZK | 2 600 €
Price realized
80 000 CZK | 3 200 €
![WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH SKATERS](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0018399_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 11 WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH SKATERS
Starting price45 000 CZK | 1 800 €
Price realized
85 000 CZK | 3 400 €
![ALLEGORY OF WINTER](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0019326_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 12 ALLEGORY OF WINTER
Starting price15 000 CZK | 600 €
Price realized
32 000 CZK | 1 280 €
![FOREST STILL LIFE WITH A LIZARD, BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0017040_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 13 FOREST STILL LIFE WITH A LIZARD, BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS
Starting price160 000 CZK | 6 400 €
Sold
![MADONNA WITH BABY JESUS](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0018520_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 14 MADONNA WITH BABY JESUS
Starting price60 000 CZK | 2 400 €
Sold
![THE HOLY FAMILY](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0016544_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 15 THE HOLY FAMILY
Starting price35 000 CZK | 1 400 €
Price realized
90 000 CZK | 3 600 €
![ANGEL WITH A KEY TO A BOTTOMLESS PIT](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/lot16-0011703_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 16 ANGEL WITH A KEY TO A BOTTOMLESS PIT
Starting price26 000 CZK | 1 040 €
Sold
![STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0013430_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 17 STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT
Starting price75 000 CZK | 3 000 €
![RICHLY CARVED MANYRISTIC WARDROBE](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0010401_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 18 RICHLY CARVED MANYRISTIC WARDROBE
Starting price35 000 CZK | 1 400 €
Price realized
100 000 CZK | 4 000 €
![MANYRISTIC CHEST](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0010329_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 19 MANYRISTIC CHEST
Starting price20 000 CZK | 800 €
Price realized
50 000 CZK | 2 000 €
![PAIR OF MANYRISTIC CHAIRS](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0018559_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 20 PAIR OF MANYRISTIC CHAIRS
Starting price12 000 CZK | 480 €
Price realized
24 000 CZK | 960 €
![A HUNTING CROSSBOW](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0019400_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 21 A HUNTING CROSSBOW
Starting price65 000 CZK | 2 600 €
Price realized
70 000 CZK | 2 800 €
![MANYRISTIC BRASS CANDLEHOLDER](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0019358_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 22 MANYRISTIC BRASS CANDLEHOLDER
Starting price6 000 CZK | 240 €
Price realized
24 000 CZK | 960 €
![RENAISSANCE STANDING CANDLEHOLDER](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0010323_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 23 RENAISSANCE STANDING CANDLEHOLDER
Starting price8 000 CZK | 320 €
Price realized
21 000 CZK | 840 €
![A MANNERIST KNIFE](https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/temp/images/front/item/image/0019344_400x300_0.jpg)
Lot 24 A MANNERIST KNIFE
Starting price16 000 CZK | 640 €
Price realized
25 000 CZK | 1 000 €