A71/012
Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594)
MAP OF MORAVIA AND MAP OF BOHEMIA
1585
Map of Moravia
Coloured copperplate on paper, 330x430mm. Decorative cartouche with title "MORAVIA" in upper left corner, smaller cartouche with scale upper right, marked lower right "Per Gerardum mercatorem Cum privilegio.",
Latin inscription on the verso, (p. 253 - 254). Total dimensions: 58x48 cm.
Map of Bohemia
Coloured copperplate on paper, 350x490mm. Decorative cartouche with title "Bohemia" in lower left corner, marked "Per Gerardum mercatorem Cum privilegio.", smaller cartouche with scale lower right. From work "Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Fugura", first issued in 1585. Latin inscription on the verso (p. 251 a 252).
Total dimensions: 58x48 cm.
Rusty spots, originally coloured.