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Europe - Ukraine - Russia
Title: „Taurica Chersonessus Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara.“
One of the earliest maps depicting Ukraine, the north cost of the Black Sea, Smolensk and Moscovia.
Cartographer: Gerhardt Mercator (1512-1594), signature at the bottom left: Per Gerhardum Mercatorum Cum Privilegio.
Publisher: J. Hondius (1563-1612), „Atlas sive Cosmographicae…“, Amsterdam 1606, verso: text in Latin.
Beautiful copper engraving with vibrant original colouring, wide margins, some minor stains, altogether in very good condition.
Lit.:Koeman II, Mer 15
€ 395,-