"Livonia", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Baltic
Period: 1607 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.5 x 5.3 inches
19.1 x 13.5 cm
Beautiful map of present-day Estonia, Latvia and part of Lithuania. Fully engraved to illustrate the forests, cities and villages and embellished with a strapwork title cartouche and a scale of miles. This is from the first edition, with Latin text on verso.
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Condition: B+
Watermarked paper with a tiny abrasion and light soiling in bottom right corner. There bottom margin is trimmed close to the neatline, but is still sufficient for framing. Manuscript page number and cardinal directions in blank margins.
