Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594)

Henricus Hondius mladší (1597-1651)

TWO MAPS OF MORAVIA

1585, 1627
„MORAVIA“. Moravia Marchionatus, Marhern Germanis. Copperplate on paper, 33,2x42,4 cm. Edition: Duisburg 1585. „MORAVIA“. „Per Gerardum Mercatorem / Cum priuilegio / Amstelodami, Sumptibus Henrici Hondij. 1627.“. Sheet from the French translation of the book „Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi Et Fabricati Figura...“ Copperplate on paper, 33,5x43 cm. The map`s title is in a cartouche in the upper left corner. Publisher`s information is in the lower right corner. The cartouche in the upper right corner contains a scale. On the back is text in French (pages 509-512). The map is based on Fabricio`s map "Moravia marchionatus / Das Marggrafftumb Mähren".