Jun 13, 2024 - Sale 2672

Sale 2672 - Lot 1

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(AFRICA.) Gerard Mercator; and Jodocus Hondius. Two double-page engraved regional maps of the continent. Amsterdam, circa 1630

Additional Details

- Barbaria [with Carthage and the Nile River Delta]. 19¼x23 inches sheet size, wide margins, Latin text on verso; original hand-color; oxidized pigment offset.

- Abissinorum Sive Pretiosi Joannis Imperiu/Congi Regni in Africa Christiani Nova Descriptio. 18¼x22¼ inches sheet size, wide margins, French text on verso; original hand-color; unobtrusive repairs at center fold.