Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
HONDIUS / MERCATOR. Japonia. Double-page engraved map, 345x450 mm, wide margins, Latin text on verso; hand-colored; moderately but evenly toned overall; matted. Amsterdam, 1606 or later
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The map first appeared in a Mercator Atlas published after his death when the plates were purchased by Hondius. The map is on the Ortelius/Teixeira model. A note on the island of Korea states that it was unknown as to whether Korea was an island or a peninsula. Campbell 9; Walter 22; Cortazzi, pl. 26.