"Saxonia Inferior et Meklenborg Duc:", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Northern Germany
Period: 1632 (circa)
Publication: Theatrum Imperii Germanici
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.5 x 13.3 inches
44.5 x 33.8 cm
Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg are the central theme of this appealing map. It covers from Lubeck and the Baltic Sea in the north to Celle, Rathenow and Spandau in the south. Adorned with a strapwork title cartouche. This is the second state of three, with the imprints of Mercator and Hondius. Blank verso, from the undated Theatrum Imperii Germanici.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #2200:1A.2.
Condition: B+
The entire sheet has been backed with another sheet of old paper, repairing a cruciform wormtrack at top with slight loss of image. There is light soiling in the blank margins.
