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"Bohemia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Czech Republic

Period: 1621 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:

7.7 x 5.6 inches
19.6 x 14.2 cm

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A wonderful little map of Bohemia with Prague near the center. It is boldly engraved in Mercator's style with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages, and is graced with a strapwork title cartouche and a distance scale surrounded by vegetation. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #2850:351.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a professionally repaired chip at top left.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 4/23/2025

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"Bohemia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Czech Republic

Period: 1621 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:

7.7 x 5.6 inches
19.6 x 14.2 cm

A wonderful little map of Bohemia with Prague near the center. It is boldly engraved in Mercator's style with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages, and is graced with a strapwork title cartouche and a distance scale surrounded by vegetation. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #2850:351.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a professionally repaired chip at top left.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 4/23/2025

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"Bohemia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Czech Republic

Period: 1621 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:

7.7 x 5.6 inches19.6 x 14.2 cm

A wonderful little map of Bohemia with Prague near the center. It is boldly engraved in Mercator's style with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages, and is graced with a strapwork title cartouche and a distance scale surrounded by vegetation. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #2850:351.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a bright sheet with a professionally repaired chip at top left.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 4/23/2025

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7.7 x 5.6 inches
19.6 x 14.2 cm