"Regni Valentiae Typus", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Eastern Spain
Period: 1628 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.8 x 13.9 inches
47.8 x 35.3 cm
This handsome map of Valencia covers the coastline from Cartagena to Benicarlo with north oriented to the right. It is boldly accented with a sailing ship, sea monster, and a fully engraved moiré-patterned sea in which decorative title and distance scale cartouches float. French text on verso, published in 1628 or 1633.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #6155:1.1.
Condition: B+
Full contemporary color on a watermarked sheet with light toning, an archivally repaired centerfold separation at bottom, a printer's crease in the bottom left corner, and some light, extraneous creasing.
