Price: £330.00

• Date: 1597
• Condition: AAA - light soiling
• Colour: BW
• Size (cm): 12.5 x 17.1 (excluding title)

Title: Tartariae Imperium. Publication: Geographiae universae tum veteris, tum novae absolutissimum opus... Auctore eodem Io. Anto. Magino Patavino..., Cologne 1597, Petrus Keschedt.

A fine miniature map based on Ortelius. The map focuses on the North Pacific, including Northwestern America and Japan. While designed to illustrate the expansive Kingdom of the Great Khan in Asia, its main feature is the Stretto di Anian and its depiction of Northwestern America. The map covers northern Russia, China, and an early depiction of Japan, which is located just off the American shore. It is decorated with two elaborate cartouches. Text on verso.

The map comes from a scarce pirate edition published by Petrus Keschedt in Cologne one year after the publication of Magini's original work. Ortelius informed Magini in November 1597 about this and the publication was stopped till 1608 when a new edition was issued by Keschedt. Although the map is based on Magini's 1596 Geographiae it is in fact a new plate. The Magini's 1596 edition of Geographiae was the first reduced size version of Mercator's atlas. This is the second.

Ref: Burden 99