Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. /
Mercator, Gerhard,1512-1594.
Hondius, Jodocus,1563-1612.
Hondius, Hendrik,1573-
[Amsterdam] : Sumptibus & typis aeneis Henrici Hondii, Amsterodami,
1628.
Relief shown pictorially.
French text, with decorative initials and tailpieces.
Engraved allegorical title page with coats of arms, and Latin title.
Dedication: "A tres-hault, tres-puissant et tres-illustre prince, Louys de Bourbon, XIII du nom, tres-chrestien, Roy de France et de Navarre, &c. ... vostre tres-humble serviteur Henricus Hondius".
Maps first issued in Marcator's "Atlas" of 1595 and in subsequent editions.
A previous French edition of the Atlas was issued in 1613 under the title "Gerardi Mercatoris L'Atlas ou meditations cosmographiques de la fabrique du monde..." ; a later one issued by H.Hondius in 1633 was called "Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas ou representation du monde universel...".
Hand coloured boundaries, borders and trees, predominantly in pink and pale green.
Map[99] "Franckenlandt: Francia orientalis" printed up-side down.
Maps of Scotland catalogued separately.
Includes index.
Includes Latin epigrams, and an engraved portrait of Mercator and Hondius with globes, map and scientific instruments.
Van der Krogt, P., Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici,
Atlases, Dutch