Sarmatiae evropeae descriptio : qvae regnvm Poloniae, Litvaniam, Samogitiam, Rvssiam, Massoviam, Prvssiam, Pomeraniam, Livoniam, et Moschoviae Tartariaeqve partem complectitur
Sarmatiae Evropeae Descriptio is a 1581 Latin geographical and historical description of Eastern Europe by Alexander Gwagnin, printed at Spira by Bernard Albin for a learned readership. Its woodcut pictures are small, framed portrait busts and seated figures of rulers in armour, crowns and fur-trimmed robes, drawn with bold black outlines and hatched shading that a designer could borrow for heraldic or historical period motifs.
