"Aegyptus", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Egypt
Period: 1607 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.4 x 5.9 inches
18.8 x 15 cm
This attractive miniature map covers the Nile valley. It locates the pyramids and shows scores of place names. Nicely decorated with strapwork title and distance scale cartouches. Blank verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8650:351.
Condition: A
A nice impression with a minor crease at left and faint foxing that is mostly confined to the blank margins.