Subject: Crete
Period: 1630 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.9 x 5.6 inches
20.1 x 14.2 cm
Crisply engraved, reduced version of Mercator's handsome map of Crete with small inset maps of the islands of Corfu, Zante, Milos, Naxos, Santorini and Scarpanto at top. It is decorated with strapwork title and scale cartouches at lower right. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7900:352.1.
Condition: A
A bright sheet with minor show-through of text on verso.