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Auction 190, Lot 619
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"Ceilan", Mercator/Cloppenburgh

Subject: Sri Lanka

Period: 1632 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.9 x 7.3 inches
25.1 x 18.5 cm
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Handsome small map of the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with north oriented to the left. The map is fully engraved to show the mountains, forests and kingdoms and a few simple roads. This map was engraved by Petrus Kaerius for Cloppenburgh's edition of the Atlas Minor. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8380:353A.

Condition: B+

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with two printer's creases at left, a light dampstain at top left, and a couple of tiny worm holes.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/16/2022

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