"Holsatia Ducatus", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Northern Germany
Period: 1623 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.9 x 14 inches
48 x 35.6 cm
A fine map of Holstein including the city of Hamburg (here Hamborch). The map is fully engraved with forests, rivers, lakes and hundreds of villages. The map is adorned with a strapwork title cartouche and a moiré patterned sea. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1660:1A.
Condition: B+
Nice impression and color with light toning, a professionally repaired centerfold separation in bottom blank margin, and faint damp stains also confined to bottom margin. There is moderate foxing in the blank margins, with only a few spots within the image.
