"Brescia Episcopatus Mediolanum Ducatus", Mercator/Jansson

A beautifully engraved small map covering Lombardy and the Lakes Garda and Como, naming cities of Milan, Bergamo, and Brescia among many others. It is decorated with a fine title and scale cartouche incorporated together. 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) #7140:352.1.

Condition: B+

A dark impression on a lightly toned sheet with a few small dampstains along the bottom edge of the sheet.