Unique 3rd state of a map of the Baltics 1627
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MERCATOR'S MAP OF LIVONIAE IN A UNIQUE THIRD STATE. MERCATOR, GERHARD. Livoniae et Curlandiae descriptio. Amstelodami (Amsterdam), sumptibus Henrici Hondii 1627. Only this copy known.
Engraved map of the Baltic with figurative title cartuche with putti, printed on double thick paper with blank verso. Size c. 365x470 mm. Centrefold with some spotting to margins, small hole to lower margin, dampstain to lower margin. On verso the title written in ink, together with a blue owner's stamp "Graf Galen, Dinklage".
An apparentely unrecorded third state of Mercator's original map of present day Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, first published in the "Atlantis Pars Altera" in 1595. Only this copy known.
The second state bears the imprint of Mercator, but "Amstelodami, sumptibus Henrici Hondii. 1627" is added in the lower right corner. A new title cartouche was engraved, together with a new scale an three ships. The title piece is entirely reengraved, now in typically baroc style with putti replacing the old renaissance design, the new title being "Livoniae et Curlandiae descriptio."
Provenance: Graf Galen.
Auktionsnummer:
6432
Datum:
2017-11-21