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MERCATOR, Gerard (1512 - 1594). Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. Amsterdam: Johannis Cloppenburgh, 1632
Oblong 4o (215 x 275 mm). Engraved title within engraved and historiated border, 178 engraved maps. (Occasional light browning and staining, a few repairs to margins.) Contemporary red morocco, central gilt coat-of-arms surrounded by two double fillets and gilt corner ornaments, spine in five compartments, gilt (light rubbing and staining to covers, some worming to spine).
Jacobus Hondius published the first edition of the Atlas Minor in 1607, introducing small format atlases to a wider audience. The Hondius plates went through many editions and were eventually sold in 1621 to a London publisher. In 1628 Jansson published a series of new editions of the Atlas Minor, some having the copperplates made by Pieter van den Keere and Abraham Goos. At about the same time, Cloppenburgh, in Amsterdam, published a French (1630) and this Latin edition in a slightly larger format, many of the copperplates were made by Pieter van der Keere. Koeman II, Me 200.
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Jacobus Hondius published the first edition of the Atlas Minor in 1607, introducing small format atlases to a wider audience. The Hondius plates went through many editions and were eventually sold in 1621 to a London publisher. In 1628 Jansson published a series of new editions of the Atlas Minor, some having the copperplates made by Pieter van den Keere and Abraham Goos. At about the same time, Cloppenburgh, in Amsterdam, published a French (1630) and this Latin edition in a slightly larger format, many of the copperplates were made by Pieter van der Keere. Koeman II, Me 200.
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