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Europe: Amsterdam, Johannis Cloppenburgji. 1632. Copper engraved map of Nassau, Germany. from" Gerardi Mercatoris, Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica mundi et fabricati figura, "Latin text to verso. Good impression; dark damp stain and one rust spot to upper margin. The "Atlas Minor" of Gerhard Mercator appears in various formats, the first published by Jodicus Hondius in 1607 with plates he most likely engraved himself. Thereafter there appeared a number of editions. In 1628 Johannes Janssonius published a new series of editions, the plates engraved by Petrus Kaerius and Abraham Goos. Both of these were small format atlases in the tradition of that published by Langenes. In 1630 Johannes Cloppenburg published a French edition in a somewhat larger size, followed by this Latin edition in 1632. The plates were in the main engraved by Petrus Kaerius. Cloppenburg published the Altas at his own expense "sumptibus"as the imprint states. There was one more edition in 1636 with French… Read More

London: printed by T.Cotes, for Michael Sparkes and Samuel Cartwright. [1635]. 16.1 x 23.3 cm. Uncoloured. Single page map. English text on verso. Slight offsetting though generally in good condition. From "Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas ..."