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Auction 138, Lot 720

"Paradisus", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1607 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.5 x 5.8 inches
19.1 x 14.7 cm
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This handsome small map shows the Holy Land between the Mediterranean and Chaldaea in present-day Iraq, extending to the mouth of the Tigris in the Persian Gulf. The map depicts the site of Paradise, between the four rivers near Babylon, with a miniature image of Adam and Eve by the apple tree. At bottom is a large vignette of Adam and Eve below the apple tree in Paradise, surrounded by a strapwork border. This is from the first edition, with Latin text on verso.

References: Laor #492.

Condition: B+

Lightly toned with small chips in upper and lower right blank margins that have been professionally repaired. Manuscript page number and cardinal directions in blank margins.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 12/7/2011

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