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"Transylvania", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Romania

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:

16.9 x 13.4 inches
42.9 x 34 cm

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Decorative map of the historic region of Transylvania in present-day Romania. Fully engraved, it depicts cities, towns, mountain ranges, forests and rivers and is adorned with a strapwork title cartouche that incorporates the distance scale. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #7700:1A.1.

Condition: B+

A nice impression on paper with a small coat of arms watermark, light toning, and foxing mostly confined to the blank margins. There are damp stains confined to the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/13/2019

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"Transylvania", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Romania

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:

16.9 x 13.4 inches
42.9 x 34 cm

Decorative map of the historic region of Transylvania in present-day Romania. Fully engraved, it depicts cities, towns, mountain ranges, forests and rivers and is adorned with a strapwork title cartouche that incorporates the distance scale. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #7700:1A.1.

Condition: B+

A nice impression on paper with a small coat of arms watermark, light toning, and foxing mostly confined to the blank margins. There are damp stains confined to the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/13/2019

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"Transylvania", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Romania

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:

16.9 x 13.4 inches42.9 x 34 cm

Decorative map of the historic region of Transylvania in present-day Romania. Fully engraved, it depicts cities, towns, mountain ranges, forests and rivers and is adorned with a strapwork title cartouche that incorporates the distance scale. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #7700:1A.1.

Condition: B+

A nice impression on paper with a small coat of arms watermark, light toning, and foxing mostly confined to the blank margins. There are damp stains confined to the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/13/2019

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16.9 x 13.4 inches
42.9 x 34 cm