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941 - MERCATOR, Rumold *Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio*. [Amsterdam: H. Hondius, 1628] Engr., 29 x 52.5 cm, hand-colored (beginning to split along the lower edge of the central fold; the white edges are beginning to fray). Extremely rare double-hemisphere map by Rumold Mercator, based on Gerard Mercator’s celebrated 1569 world map and published during his lifetime (1512–1594). Although the map is a reduced version of the 1569 wall map, it does not feature the revolutionary Mercator projection. From the 1628 French Atlas “editio decima” (leaf N, pages 49–52). Ref. Van der Krogt [0001:1A]. - Shirley 157. - Watelet 379. - Karrow 56/17.10.
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MERCATOR, Rumold *Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio*. [Amsterdam: H. Hondius, 1628] Engr., 29 x 52.5 cm, hand-colored (beginning to split along the lower edge of the central fold; the white edges are beginning to fray). Extremely rare double-hemisphere map by Rumold Mercator, based on Gerard Mercator’s celebrated 1569 world map and published during his lifetime (1512–1594). Although the map is a reduced version of the 1569 wall map, it does not feature the revolutionary Mercator projection. From the 1628 French Atlas “editio decima” (leaf N, pages 49–52). Ref. Van der Krogt [0001:1A]. - Shirley 157. - Watelet 379. - Karrow 56/17.10.
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