"Livonia", Mercator/Jansson
Subject: Baltic
Period: 1630 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.4 x 5.7 inches
18.8 x 14.5 cm
Beautiful map of present-day Estonia, Latvia and part of Lithuania. Fully engraved to illustrate the forests, cities and villages and embellished with a strapwork title cartouche and scale of miles. French text on verso.
This map was re-engraved for Jan Jansson's editions of the Atlas Minor, published in 5 editions between 1628-48. The copperplates for the original Atlas Minor editions published by Hondius were sold to parties in England between 1621-25. Jansson commissioned Pieter van den Keere and Abraham Goos to engrave new plates, which were close copies of the original editions.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #1710:352.1.
Condition: B+
A crisp impression with light toning and damp stains confined to the blank margins.
