"Siciliae Regnum", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Sicily, Italy
Period: 1619 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size: 13.3 x 18.9
This is a strikingly graphic map of the Kingdom of Sicily, and the first plate to appear in Mercator's Atlas. The map is filled with topography and towns, including Palermo, Syracuse, Messina, as well as the erupting Mt. Aetna. The map is decorated with a strapwork cartouche and a moire patterned sea. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #7510:1A.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a clean, bright sheet with a professionally repaired centerfold separation in the bottom blank margin.
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Subject: Sicily, Italy
Period: 1619 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size: 13.3 x 18.9
This is a strikingly graphic map of the Kingdom of Sicily, and the first plate to appear in Mercator's Atlas. The map is filled with topography and towns, including Palermo, Syracuse, Messina, as well as the erupting Mt. Aetna. The map is decorated with a strapwork cartouche and a moire patterned sea. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #7510:1A.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a clean, bright sheet with a professionally repaired centerfold separation in the bottom blank margin.
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