Rare & first editions of Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey Four maps on one plate of the British Islands.
Cartographer: Mercator, Gerard
Published in Duisburg by Mercator, Gerard's son. Gerard Mercator was one of the greatest map makers ever known. He started his career as a professional instrument maker after finishing a master’s degree at Louvain University.
Origin: Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura. J. Hondius Jr. 1613-19. (Van der Krogt 1, 104)
Sheet app.: 52 x 44 cm. 20.5 x 17.25 inches. Image app.: 43 x 32 cm. 17 x 12.5 inches. Condition, View overall very good, old coloring, teared edges, spitted centerfold (border) verso Latin text, Handwritten number (25) in upper margin.