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• SOLD
• Date: 1606
• Condition: AAA
• Colour: Later.
• Size: both 340 x 465 mm

Title: 'Irandiae Regnum per Gerardum Mercatorem'.

A large scale, two-sheet map of Ireland with a wealth of detail. These two maps were among five Irish maps Mercator designed for the second part of his Atlas. The maps are richly engraved with a moiré pattern in the seas and strong topographical features in the interior. The northern section is decorated with sailing ships and a sea monster and there is no title cartouche - only Mercator's imprint. The southern sheet features the bold, strapwork title cartouche.

The maps are in excellent condition with a strong engraving. There has been some expert centerfold repair. The two map sheets are not joined as issued but they could be framed in such a way to show one complete map.

Reference: Koeman, Ir. Cornelis (complied by Peter van der Krogt). Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. 1. 't Goy-Houten: HES Publishers,1997, p. 669.