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Auction 185, Lot 598

"Candia [on sheet with] I Corfu [and] Zante [and] Milo [and] Nicsia [and] Scarpanto", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Crete & Aegean Islands

Period: 1621 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 5.5 inches
18.5 x 14 cm
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Crisply engraved, reduced version of Mercator's handsome map of Crete with small inset maps of the islands of Corfu, Zante, Milos, Naxos, and Scarpanto at top. It is decorated with a strapwork title cartouche and a moiré patterned sea. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7900:351.

Condition: B

A dark impression that is a bit uneven with light toning and a small worm track in the image at top.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Unsold

Closed on 11/17/2021

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