Dec 04, 2008 - Sale 2165

Sale 2165 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
MERCATOR, GERARD. Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Double-page engraved map of the northern polar region, 375x400 mm, wide margins, French text on verso; beautifully hand-colored and in outline; matted and framed. Lovely copy. Amsterdam, 1633
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First polar mapping. This is the 1633 issue of the second state of the map, with Nova Zembla lacking a portion of its coastline and the signature mark beneath "chairs." Burden 88.