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Auction 175, Lot 481

"Transsylvania", Hondius/Purchas

Subject: Romania & Hungary

Period: 1625 (published)

Publication: Purchas His Pilgrimes...

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.9 x 5.3 inches
17.5 x 13.5 cm
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This handsome, small map of present-day Romania and part of Hungary is fully engraved to depict cities, towns, mountain ranges, forests, and rivers and is adorned with a strapwork title cartouche. On a sheet of English text measuring 8.4 x 12.7".

At the beginning of the 17th century, Samuel Purchas, an English cleric, set out to publish a compendium of voyages to foreign countries. To illustrate his work, Purchase obtained the rights to use Jodocus Hondius' copperplates from Atlas Minor. Over 60 maps were included in Purchas His Pilgrimes, most of which were from Hondius' plates, with English titles inserted above them. Purchas also had a few additional maps engraved, including those for India, China, Greenland, North America, and Nova Scotia.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.PUR-1a #32

Condition: A

A nice impression on watermarked paper with some minor offsetting from an opposing page and printer's ink residue.

Estimate: $80 - $100

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Closed on 11/13/2019

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