"Anglia Regnum", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: England & Wales
Period: 1613 (circa)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.6 x 13.9 inches
47.2 x 35.3 cm
This attractive map of Elizabethan England uses names taken from Saxton's map of 1579. County boundaries and their Latinized names are shown. The map is beautifully engraved in Mercator's characteristic style with a stipple engraved sea with a sailing ship, bold calligraphy and a handsome title cartouche. Latin text on verso, published between 1613-23.
References: Shirley (BI to 1650) #181; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #5100:1A.1.
Condition: A
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a professionally repaired centerfold separation at bottom and a few small spots in the blank margins.
