MERCATOR, Gerard Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. [1619] Copper engr., 36,7 x 39,2 cm, hand-coloured (sl. toned,...
MERCATOR, Gerard Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. [1619] Copper engr., 36,7 x 39,2 cm, hand-coloured (sl. toned, traces of folds). Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout. Interesting and curious map of Antarctica surrounded by o.a. Greenland, Iceland and the northern parts of America and Eurasia. From the 1619 French ed. of the Hondius-Mercator atlas (leaf K, pagination 41-42). Ref. Van der Krogt I [0020:1A]. - Karrow 56/142.
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MERCATOR, Gerard Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. [1619] Copper engr., 36,7 x 39,2 cm, hand-coloured (sl. toned, traces of folds). Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout. Interesting and curious map of Antarctica surrounded by o.a. Greenland, Iceland and the northern parts of America and Eurasia. From the 1619 French ed. of the Hondius-Mercator atlas (leaf K, pagination 41-42). Ref. Van der Krogt I [0020:1A]. - Karrow 56/142.