"[Lot of 2] Ultonia Conatia et Media [and] Hiberniae v. Tabula", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Ireland
Period: 1609 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.3 x 5.3 inches
18.5 x 13.5 cm
This handsome pair of matching maps make up the whole of Ireland. They are beautifully engraved both in the sea and the interior with topographical and political detail. Each has a strapwork title and distance scale cartouche. German text on verso. The maps are accompanied by 6 sheets of text on Ireland.
References: Law, p. 29; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #5901:351 & #5902:351.
Condition: B+
Nice impressions with contemporary color on lightly toned sheets with light dampstains. A chip in the bottom left corner of the southern sheet has been reattached with archival tape.
