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"Bohemia", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Czech Republic
Period: 1621 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.7 x 5.6 inches
19.6 x 14.2 cm
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A wonderful little map of Bohemia with Prague near the center. It is boldly engraved in Mercator's style with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages, and is graced with a strapwork title cartouche and a distance scale surrounded by vegetation. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #2850:351.
Condition: A
A dark impression on a bright sheet with a professionally repaired chip at top left.
Estimate: $110 - $140
Price: $80
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