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"Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, Novissima & Exactissima Descriptio, Auctore Vernando Alvaro Secco...", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Portugal

Period: 1606 (dated)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.4 x 13.2 inches
49.3 x 33.5 cm
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Baptista van Doetecum engraved this magnificent map of Portugal, one of the few maps he engraved for the Mercator/Hondius atlas. It is oriented with north to the right and richly adorned with three strapwork cartouches, a compass rose, coat-of-arms, sailing ships and a very devilish-looking sea monster. The map is based on Fernando Alvarez Secco's map of 1561. Latin text on verso, published in the first edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #6300:1A.

Condition: A

A nice, early impression with two tiny separations along the centerfold that have been closed on verso with old paper and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $400 - $475

Sold for: $300

Closed on 4/26/2017

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