"Bohemia", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Czech Republic
Period: 1606 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19 x 13.5 inches
48.3 x 34.3 cm
This fine map of Bohemia is centered on Prague. It is boldly engraved in Mercator's style with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages. Two strapwork cartouches at bottom hold the title and distance scale. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #2850:1A.
Condition: B+
Old color on watermarked paper with wide margins, light printer's ink residue, and some stains confined to the edges of sheet due to the use of non-archival tape on verso, and a chip in top left corner. There is a small crack at left caused by the oxidation of the green pigment that has been closed on verso with archival tape.
