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Auction 194, Lot 412
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"Anglia Regnum", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: England & Wales

Period: 1613 (circa)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.6 x 13.9 inches
47.2 x 35.3 cm
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This attractive map of Elizabethan England uses names taken from Saxton's map of 1579. County boundaries and their Latinized names are shown. The map is beautifully engraved in Mercator's characteristic style with a stipple engraved sea with a sailing ship, bold calligraphy and a handsome title cartouche. Latin text on verso, published between 1613-23.

References: Shirley (BI to 1650) #181; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #5100:1A.1.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a professionally repaired centerfold separation at bottom and a few small spots in the blank margins.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $220

Closed on 9/13/2023

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