"Tuscia", Mercator/Jansson
Subject: Western Italy
Period: 1630 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.2 x 5.6 inches
18.3 x 14.2 cm
Lovely, small map of Tuscany with the cities of Florence, Sienna and Rome named, among others. It is crisply engraved and shows forests, mountains and bridges. Adorned with a strapwork cartouche that incorporates the scale and title. 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) #7200:352A.1.
Condition: A
A nice impression with minor toning and marginal soiling.
