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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 136 - closed 6/1/2011

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Lot #491: "Irlandiae Regnum" Gerard Mercator

Antique map chart Irlandiae Regnum
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Estimate:
$400.00 - $500.00
Sold for: $300.00

Lot 491
By: Gerard Mercator
Subject: Ireland
Date: 1616

Publication: L'Atlas ou Meditations Cosmographiques

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 18.5 x 13.5 inches
47.0 x 34.3 cm

This is Mercator's map of southern Ireland compiled from his landmark map of Britain (1564]. It is one of five Irish maps Mercator designed for the second part of his Atlas. The map is richly engraved with a moiré pattern in the sea and strong topographical features in the interior. The sheet contains a large strapwork title cartouche and has full borders. French text on verso.

Lovely original color in the distinctive color pallet of the Mercator/Hondius atlases. Lightly toned with a couple minor spots in the blank margins.


Ref: Law, pp.19-20.

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