Gerhard Mercator, Rumold Mercator
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LV 01811 D - Africa
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Africa
"Africa. Ex magna orbis terrae descriptione
Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta. Studio & industria
G.M. Inunioris."
Rare first edition from the Mercator-Atlas
published in 1595.
Map of Africa with a large and decorative
title cartouche, after Gerhard Mercator's world
map of 1569.
€ 1.550,-
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Coloured copper engraving by Gerhard Mercator
d.J. after Gerhard Mercator, published by Rumold
Mercator, Duisburg 1595, 38,4 x 47,3 cm.
Very good impression, nice and skilfully
worked out colouring. Lower left and right corners
replaced, otherwise good condition.
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