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Title:

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio quam ex Magna Universali Gerardi Mercatoris...

Map Maker:

Rumold Mercator

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio quam ex Magna Universali Gerardi Mercatoris...

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  MapMaker:  

Rumold Mercator

   
 
 
  Subject:  World  
  Period/Size:  1587 / 11.4" x 20.4"  (29.0 x 51.9 cm)  
  Color:  Colored  
  Condition:  (A) A nice impression with attractive color on watermarked paper. There is a minute pin hole at bottom of western hemisphere, two short printer's creases at top, and marginal soiling. The bottom margin has been trimmed but is quite ample. (condition help)  
  Source:  Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae  
  References:  Shirley #157; Portinaro & Knirsch XLVIII; Suarez (Veil) #31, plt. XI; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #01:1A.  
 
 
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  Offered by:  Old World Auctions  
  Catalog:  Auction No. 153 - Antique Maps, Charts, Atlases & Globes (9276)  
  Lot/Item #:  5  
 
  Date:  05/2015  
 
 

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