Subject: Northern Germany
Period: 1619 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.9 x 13.9 inches
48 x 35.3 cm
A fine map of Holstein including the city of Hamburg (here Hamborch). The map is fully engraved with forests, rivers, lakes and hundreds of villages. The map is adorned with a strapwork title cartouche and a moiré patterned sea. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1660:1A.
Condition: B+
A crisp impression on lightly toned paper with a small coat of arms watermark, marginal soiling and foxing, and a tiny tear in the bottom blank margin.