L'Atlas Ou Meditiations Cosmographiques De La Fabrique Du Monde et Figure Diceluy. Commence En Latin Par Le Tres Docte Gerard Mercator, Paracheve p[ar] Jodocus Hondius. Traduit En Francois Par Le Sieur [Henri Lancelot-Voisin] De La P[opliniere]

MERCATOR, Gerard (1512-1594) and HONDIUS, Jodocus (1563-1612).

Published by Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1609.

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5 parts in one volume. Folio (18 4/8 x 11 inches). Engraved allegorical title-page incorporating the figure of Atlas, 4 engraved sectional title-pages, double-page engraved world map, and 146 engraved maps, all double-page except one, and mounted on guards, with contemporary hand-colour in part, completed more recently (washed and browned, some early marginal repairs). Mottled calf over bevelled boards, brass clasps and catches, antique. First French text edition, translated from the Latin text of 1607 by the historian Henri Lancelot-Voisin de la Popliniere (d. 1608). In 1604, after the death of Gerard Mercator and his son Rumold, the plates for his celebrated maps were sold to the great Amsterdam cartographer, Jodocus Hondius. He issued the first of his "Mercator-Hondius" Atlas in 1606. Hondius supplemented the the original 107 maps with 39 mew maps compiled under his own supervision. These new maps were of were of extremely high quality, and were for the most part devoted to parts of the world, such as America, that had been neglected by Mercator. The present 1609 edition was only the third of the approximately thirty published by the firm of Hondius before the atlas was discontinued in 1641. Koeman II, Me 19. Catalogued by Kate Hunter. Seller Inventory # 001331

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Title: L'Atlas Ou Meditiations Cosmographiques De ...

Publisher: Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1609.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good