"Russia cum Confinijs", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Eastern Europe
Period: 1623 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.8 x 14 inches
47.8 x 35.6 cm
This beautiful map covers Russia, Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltic States with pictorial indications of topography and forests. A large inset details the countryside northwest of Moscow. The map is beautifully engraved in Mercator's distinctive style with stippled seas and a strapwork cartouche. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1800:1A.
Condition: A
A nice impression with attractive color and original margins. There is light, scattered foxing primarily confined to the blank margins, and a minor damp stain in bottom blank margin, far from map.
