Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018
126 123 c MANUSCRIPT MAP. Walcheren / Zuid-Beveland. Manuscript map in ink and wash on LVG watermarked laid paper. 17 1 / 2 x22 1 / 2 inches sheet size, deckle edges; folded at center, moderate foxing, closed tear at upper right. Netherlands, 1792 [250/350] Manuscript map showing the waterways of Zeeland with the cities of Middelburg, Veere, Vlissingen and Goes prominently represented. Described in the upper left note box as a copy of an original map drafted in 1568 and held by the clerk of the city of Goes. 124 c MERCATOR, RUMOLD. Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. Double-page engraved double-hemispheric world map with four columns of Latin text below. 16 1 / 4 x20 1 / 2 inches sheet size, left and right margins shaved to the platemark, upper and lower wide, Latin text on verso; hand-colored; light spotting, short closed tear at lower margin. Shirley 157. Duisberg, 1587 [but 1602 or later] [3,000/5,000] 125 c MERCATOR, GERARD. Anglia Regnum. Double-page engraved map of England. 17 3 / 4 x22 inches sheet size, wide margins, Latin text on verso; partial hand-col- or in outline; generally very nice. Amsterdam, 1606 or after [250/350] 126 c MERCATOR, GERARD; and HONDIUS,JODOCUS. America Meridi- onalis. Hand-colored double-page engraved map of South America with an inset of Cusco. 18 1 / 2 x22 inches sheet size, wide mar- gins, Latin text on verso; mat stain. [Amsterdam, 1606 or later] [300/500] 125
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