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Auction 180, Lot 522

"[Argow]", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Central Switzerland

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.8 x 14.3 inches
47.8 x 36.3 cm
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Handsome map of central Switzerland with Bern and Lucerne located. Icons locate the larger towns with small villages indicated by small circles. The mountains are graphically illustrated. This is the first of three plates that were created for Mercator's Atlas. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #4930:1A.1.

Condition: B+

Light toning with minor foxing, damp stains confined to the blank margins, and a chip in the right blank margin.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $75

Closed on 11/18/2020

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