Subject: Baltic
Period: 1619 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.6 x 14.4 inches
47.2 x 36.6 cm
This is a beautiful map of present-day Estonia, Latvia, and part of Lithuania. It is fully engraved to illustrate the forests, cities, and villages, and is embellished with a strapwork title cartouche and scale of miles. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1710:1A.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a bright sheet with a short crease near the center of the image that has been pressed flat and professionally reinforced on verso.