"Germania", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Central Europe, Germany
Period: 1619 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.5 x 14.2 inches
49.5 x 36.1 cm
This beautifully engraved map covers Germany and the heart of Europe, extending from France and Holland to Poland, and from Switzerland to Hungary. It is filled with hundreds of place names, mountains, forest, and rivers and decorated with a sailing ship and a boldly engraved title cartouche with a large eagle. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #2000:1A.
Condition: B
A nice impression on a sheet with a small coat of arms watermark, moderate toning, and minor foxing. There are archival repairs to a short centerfold separation and adjacent tear in the bottom blank margin.
