MERCATOR / HONDIUS Bohemia / Blaeu antiek handgekleurd map

anno 1628 Handgekleurde gravure van Mercator uitgegeven door Hondius…. Later is deze plaat overgenomen door Blaeu….

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Old, antique map of Bohemia by J. Hondius
Date of the first edition: ?
Date of this map: 1628

Copper engraving
Size: 41 x 54.5cm (16 x 21.3 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Contemporary old coloured, excellent

Detailed map with Prague near center. Boldly engraved in Mercator’s style with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages.
Two strapwork cartouches at bottom. Latin text on verso.

The plate of this map was later sold to Blaeu. The map appeared in the Blaeuatlas from 1629 on.