Subject: Britain
Period: 1613 (circa)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16.4 x 13 inches
41.7 x 33 cm
This superb map of the British Isles was likely one of the last works of this great cartographer. It was first published a year after Gerard Mercator's death. The map provides a very detailed view of the region with counties named in tables. Mercator's shape for Scotland became the standard for more than 50 years. Decorated by a bold strapwork title cartouche and stippled sea. Latin text on verso, published between 1613-30.
References: Moorland & Banister p. 209; Shirley (BI to 1650) #180; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #5000:1A.
Condition: A
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with professional repairs to a couple of separations along the centerfold and an adjacent tear.