MERCATOR RUMOLD Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio

Sale 2464 - Lot 131

Price Realized: $ 3,750

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MERCATOR, RUMOLD. Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. Double-page engraved double-hemispheric world map with additional folds as issued. 13 3/4x21 1/2 inches sheet size, ample margins, blank verso; faint mat stain, strengthening to verso of upper margin. Geneva, 1587

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first edition, first state of Mercator's iconic world map. Identified by three lines of text below the map headed Lectori S.P., this first issue appeared in Isaac Casaubon's edition of Strabo's Geographia in 1587. The printing life of this plate extended into the 1630's. Shirley 157.