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MERCATOR, Gerard(1512 Rupelmonde - 1594 Duisburg)
Map of Prussia
Colored copper engraving.
Printing plate: 37.5 x 49 cm. Framed & behind glass : 56 x 67 cm.
Richly colored, early map of Prussia, with scroll cartouche "Prussia"; from the so-called Mercator-Hondius Atlas "Atlas Minor À I. Hondio Plurimis [...]", 1606 -1633. Some handling marks.
Flemish map and globe maker, cosmographer, theologian and philosopher. His masterpiece is the world map of 1569, which was the first to show the earth in a true-angle projection.
Call time 24 | Feb 2024 | probably 10:00 am (CET)
Limit 40 €
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Hammer price 170.00 €
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