Subject: Czech Republic
Period: 1613 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.6 x 5.6 inches
19.3 x 14.2 cm
A wonderful little map of Bohemia with Prague near the center. It is boldly engraved in Mercator's style with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages, and is graced with a strapwork title cartouche and a distance scale surrounded by vegetation. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #2850:351.
Condition: A
A dark impression on a watermarked sheet with light toning along the edges of the sheet and a couple of faint damp stains also confined to the edges. The left margin has been professionally extended to accommodate framing.
