1630 ZURICH SWITZERLAND MAP BY MERCATOR / CLOPPENBURG

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This beautiful map is from, Gerard Mercator's "Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. De novo multis in locis emendatus novisque tabulis auctus Studio Judoci Hondii", published" by Johannis Cloppenburgh, Amsterdam, 1630. Size: The map measures approx 11" x 9", (28 cm x 23 cm). Description: This is an original antique map which is printed on one side only. The map is printed on good quality thick paper. This map is a genuine antique, 376 years old. This map is from the large version of Gerard Mercators famous Atlas Minor by Johannis Cloppenburgh. The maps in the Cloppenburgh editions (their were only two, this first, French edition, and a subsequent Latin edition in 1632), although based on the earlier, standard editions, were fresh engravings and consderably larger than the maps in the other editions of the Atlas Minor. Jodocus Hondius (Mercator's son-in-law, and heir) published the first edition of the Atlas Minor in 1607, introducing small format atlases so that 'a larger public might have access to the use of maps' (Koeman). The Hondius plates went through many editions and were eventually sold in 1621 to a London publisher. In 1630 Cloppenburgh, published this French edition in a slightly larger format with many of the copperplates engraved by Pieter van der Keere. Condition: The map read more

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