MERCATOR, Gerard Brabant. Amsterdam H. Hondius... Lot 896

MERCATOR, Gerard [Brabant]. [Amsterdam H. Hondius] Engr., 34,5 x 46,5 cm, hand-coloured (sl. toned). Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout. Partially based on the map of Van Deventer, this detailed map depicts the region where Gerard Mercator lived his whole life (Rupelmonde, Leuven, Duisburg). From the 1628 or 1633 French ed. of the Hondius-Mercator Atlas (leaf 5B, pagination 373-376). Ref. Van der Krogt I:[3100:1A], 1.114 or 1:311. - Brabantia ducatus 18.