Subject: Channel Islands
Period: 1613 (circa)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae...
Color: Black & White
Size:
17 x 12.5 inches
43.2 x 31.8 cm
Very handsome folio sheet with four maps depicting the English islands Jersey, Guernsey (with Castle Cornet noted), Wight and Alderney. Each map with its own decorative title cartouche and distance scale. French text on verso, published between 1613-16.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #5700:1A.
Condition: A
A sharp impression on a sheet with a coat of arms watermark, a short centerfold separation at bottom, and light dampstains along the edges of the sheet.