Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 75

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
MERCATOR, GERARD. Iaponia I. Engraved map on English language text leaf, map measures 130x165 mm; hand-colored in outline; matted. London, 1625

Additional Details

The map first appeared in a Mercator Atlas Minor in 1607. It went through a number of Amsterdam editions until the plates for the Atlas Minor were sold to England in 1625. This map appeared in Samuel Purchas's His Pilgrimes. It is based on the Ortelius/Teixeria model. Walter OAG 13; Campbell 11.