"Austria Archiducatus", Mercator/Jansson

Attractive small map of the Danube River valley with Vienna prominently featured. The map is filled with tiny villages, cities, mountains, forests and lakes and ornamented with two cartouches. 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) #2710:352.1.

Condition: A

Light toning and soiling with minor damp stains confined to the blank margins.