"Graecia", Mercator/Jansson

Appealing small map of Greece and the Aegean Sea based on Mercator's folio map. It spans north to Albania, Macedonia and the Dardanelles and includes part of Turkey. German 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) #7800:352A.

Condition: B+

A nice impression on a lightly toned sheet with a bit of show-through of text on verso.