Mercator, Gerard
Bavaria Ducatus
- Published: Amsterdam
- Published date: 1632
- Type: Antique Map
- Technique: Copper engraving / Uncolored
- Issue date: 1632
- Category: Bayern
- Stock number: 32734
- Condition: In excellent condition.
Article description
Copper engraving, uncolored as published. French edition. A fine copy in a dark impression, full margins as published. This is the first so-called Cloppenburgh editions which was a competive edition with new engraved maps in a larger format. Most of the maps were engraved by Pieter van den Keere. The Cloppenburgh edition was continued for a couple of years but seems to have been suppressed after 1636 ... . This is another Cloppenburgh edition, now with Latin text. The maps from the Appendix have been incorporated. The title-page is followed by a dedication to Prince Frederik Hendrik, dated 1632 and signed by Johannes Cloppenburgh. (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici). Original Kupferstichkarte, unkoloriert wie erschienen. Sehr schönes Exemplar in einem kräftigen Abdruck. Es handelt sich bei dieser Ausgabe um die erste sogenannte Cloppenburgh Ausgabe, eine weitere neue komplett neu gestochene Ausgabe des 'Atlas Minor' von Gerard Mercator. Alle Karten wurden neu gestochen und erschienen in einem größeren Format. Die meisten Karten wurden von Pieter van der Keere gestochen.