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Auction 147, Lot 384
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"Europa, ad Magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris P. Imitationem, Rumoldi Mercatoris F. Cura Edita, Seruato Tamen Initio Longitudinis ex Ratione Magnetis, quod Pater in Magna sua Universali Posuit", Mercator, Gerard

Subject: Europe

Period: 1628 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Sive Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 15.2 inches
47 x 38.6 cm
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A beautiful map in Mercator's strong engraving style with the seas filled with waves and the land dotted with tiny cities. All of Europe is depicted, as well as Americae Pars, Greenland, Iceland, a Polar landmass, along with the mythical islands of Frisland, Drogeo, and Bradain. A large strapwork title cartouche completes the sheet. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1000:1A.

Condition: B+

On watermarked paper with nice margins. There is some printer's ink residue, faint show-through of text on verso, and minor soiling and toning confined mainly to the blank margins.

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500

Sold for: $850

Closed on 11/20/2013

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