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Auction 192, Lot 756
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"[Facsimile] Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura", Mercator, Gerard

Subject: References, Facsimile Atlas

Period: 1985 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
13.3 x 17.8 inches
33.8 x 45.2 cm
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This remarkable facsimile of Mercator's landmark 1595 atlas was published by Coron Verlag. It includes 57 double page maps and multiple title pages, all in full color and printed on paper designed to appear antique. At the end of the atlas, there are 31 pages of German text providing historical context. Hardbound in elegantly blindstamped red-brown faux leather covers with paper label on spine.

References:

Condition: A

Contents are near fine. What appears to be foxing in the image is actually the replication of the original document's condition issues. Covers have some minor scuffs.

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $275

Closed on 4/26/2023

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