Old Antique Map Of Germania By Gerard Mercator - Germany In 1623

Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio.
Map engraved by Gérard MERCATOR from the French edition of the atlas published by HONDIUS.Gerardi Mercatoris -
The Atlas or Cosmographic Meditations of the Fabrication of the World and Figure diceluy. I. Hondij, 1613-16.
Date of the first edition: 1585, date of this map: 1623.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Verso: French text: titled La Générale de la Germanie
Very beautiful polychromy, very fine drawings and writing
Good condition: folds, minimal tears, some losses, traces on the periphery of the margin probably due to the gluing of an old mat, invisible under the future mat.
Dimensions: sheet of 560 x 455 mm, engraving (plate) of 490 x 365 mm.