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"Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Eastern Balkans
Period: 1619 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.6 x 13.8 inches
47.2 x 35.1 cm
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This attractive map of the Eastern Balkans is centered on Bulgaria and includes the Bosphorus and Constantinople. The Danube and its tributaries flow across the map and are the focal point. This is Mercator's first map of the region, which was replaced in 1636 with an updated strapwork title cartouche with a military theme. French text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #7602:1.1.
Condition: B+
A dark impression with full contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with a bit of creasing adjacent to the centerfold and short centerfold separations along the top and bottom edge of the sheet.
Estimate: $190 - $220
Price: $140
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