[Rarebooks] FS: Mercator & Hondius' 1634 "Atlas Minor..." complete w/143 engraved maps.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(CARTOGRAPHY) Mercator, Gerhard and Jodocus Hondius. ATLAS MINOR... Denuo Recognit, Additisque Novis Delineationibus Emendatus. Amsterdam: Ex Officina Joannis Janssonii. 1634. Oblong 4to. (2),651,(3)pp. Index. Double column text. Title within an ornate engraved border and with 143 full-page engraved maps of the world, complete. Original full vellum, spine and covers somewhat soiled. The first map in this copy, "Typus Orbis Terrarum," with old hand coloring. Some light text browning (less than usually found). A very good copy in its original binding.    $7,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
This 1634 printing is identical with the new ATLAS MINOR of 1628. See Phillips #446 which includes a list of the 13 maps which relate to America.

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