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Auction 172, Lot 564

"Candia [on sheet with] I Corfu [and] Zante [and] Milo [and] Nicsia [and] Scarpanto", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Crete

Period: 1613 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 5.5 inches
18.5 x 14 cm
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Crisply engraved, reduced version of Mercator's handsome map of Crete with small inset maps of the islands of Corfu, Zante, Milos, Naxos, and Scarpanto at top. It is decorated with a strapwork title cartouche and a moiré patterned sea. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7900:351.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a watermarked sheet with light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 4/17/2019

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