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Auction 155, Lot 495

"Holsatia Ducatus", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Northern Germany

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.8 x 14 inches
47.8 x 35.6 cm
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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. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1660:1A.

Condition: A

A crisp impression and full original color on watermarked paper with a hint of toning and some faint spots in the blank margins. There is a professionally repaired centerfold separation in the bottom blank margin, far from image.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $80

Closed on 11/18/2015

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