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[Portraits]. "Gerardus Mercator (...) Iudocus Hondius (...)." Handcol. and gommé...
[Portraits]. "Gerardus Mercator (...) Iudocus Hondius (...)." Handcol. and gommé engr. portrait within elaborate architectural strapwork border, 38x44,5 cm., Amst., J. Hondius, 1613 or later.
- Yellowed/ foxing; creased along flattened middle fold (strengthened on verso); some small marginal tears.
= The famous double-portrait of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. It was engraved by Coletta Hondius (born Van der Keere), in tribute to her late husband, who had died in 1612, and appeared in the Mercator/ Hondius atlas from 1613 onwards. Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, p.34-35.
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[Portraits]. "Gerardus Mercator (...) Iudocus Hondius (...)." Handcol. and gommé engr. portrait within elaborate architectural strapwork border, 38x44,5 cm., Amst., J. Hondius, 1613 or later.
- Yellowed/ foxing; creased along flattened middle fold (strengthened on verso); some small marginal tears.
= The famous double-portrait of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. It was engraved by Coletta Hondius (born Van der Keere), in tribute to her late husband, who had died in 1612, and appeared in the Mercator/ Hondius atlas from 1613 onwards. Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, p.34-35.
