Cartographer:
MERCATOR, Gerard
Title:
Anglesey, Wight, Garnesay, Iarsey
Stock Code:
2698
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Later colour
Size: (W x H):
43cm x 31.5cm
17 inches x 12½ inches
Date:
c1630
Price:
£450
Four maps in one of these British islands. Two of the maps have Hondius style shot silk effect sea, and the other two have Ortelius style stippling. The plate was originally published in Mercator’s atlas and subsequently in the Mercator-Hondius atlas, the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius atlas and the Atlas Novus. Koeman Atlantes Neerlandica, Vol I, 5700:1A
Fine condition, good margins.