Amsterdam, Hondius / Janssonius 1607.

Sheet dimensions: approx. 17 x 22 cm -- Rare original old colored copper engraving map by Gerard Mercator. With Latin text on the reverse. In rare old color!! -- well preserved. || Rare original copper engraved map by Gerard Mercator in original contemporary hand-coloring. With Latin text on verso. -- in good condition. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No modern color!! -- No copy! - No reprint! || The Flemish engraver and cartographer Jodocus Hondius (15631612), bought Mercator's plates after his death, and published this reduced version of Mercator's folio Atlas sive Cosmographis, and added some 36 of his own maps - a pocket version - Atlas Minor - which Hondius published together with his partners Cornelius Claesz and Johannes Janssonius. It became a great success, and was translated into several languages ​​and issued in c. 40 editions. -- This is a very rare example in contemporary handcoloring.

Order number: 219761