. Beza's Icones, contemporary portraits of reformers of religion and letters; being facsimile reproductions of the portraits in Beza's Icones (1580) and in Goulard's edition (1581). ion,annotations and Rabbinical commentaries; it wasreprinted in 1546 with considerable additions andcorrections. Miinster also compiled more than oneHebrew Grammar, and was the first to publish aGrammatica Chaldaica. As a physicist Miinster wrote treatises on dialling—Horologiographica—on planetary motions, and onthe rudiments of mathematics. But his best-knownwork is his Cosmographia Universalis^ which hasoften be
. Beza's Icones, contemporary portraits of reformers of religion and letters; being facsimile reproductions of the portraits in Beza's Icones (1580) and in Goulard's edition (1581). ion,annotations and Rabbinical commentaries; it wasreprinted in 1546 with considerable additions andcorrections. Miinster also compiled more than oneHebrew Grammar, and was the first to publish aGrammatica Chaldaica. As a physicist Miinster wrote treatises on dialling—Horologiographica—on planetary motions, and onthe rudiments of mathematics. But his best-knownwork is his Cosmographia Universalis^ which hasoften been reprinted in Latin and frequentlytranslated into German. The work ranks as thefirst geography book of modern literature. Con-sidering the age in which it was written, it isremarkably well executed. The author gives adescription of what were then principal towns, with 132 Sebastian Mlinster their history, the laws, customs, and usages of theirinhabitants, the animals and products of the soil ofeach country, the whole work being illustrated bynumerous woodcuts. His Cosmographia Universalisalone amply warrants the application to its author ofthe title, the German ^i?> Conrad Gesner (Conradus Gesnerus) TO Sebastian Miinster, as we have stated, hiscountrymen gave the name of the GermanStrabo; Conrad Gesner they surnamed theGerman Pliny. This naturalist was bornat Zurich, March 26, 15 16. His parentswere poor, and he was indebted to a maternal unclefor his education. Studying the plants in this rela-tives garden gave his mind a bent in the direction ofphysical science, which it retained through the assistance of his uncle, Conrad studiedsuccessively at Strasburg, Bourges, and Paris, andtook the degree of at Basle. On returning toZurich in 1535, he married. The prudence of sucha step was in this case open to question, in view ofthe facts that he held no official appointment, and onlymaintained himself and his wife by private was need
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