Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Excellent. Some marginal soiling. Centerfold reinforced at bottom margin, not impacting image. Else fine with a bold strike and generous margins. Size 14.75 x 17.5 Inches. This is a superb example of Gerard Mercator's 1595 map of the kingdom of Denmark, in its first edition. It shows the kingdom during the prosperous 16th century, during which it controlled both sides of the entrance to the Baltic Sea. A Closer Look The Kingdom of Denmark at this point included not only the Danish Peninsula and its islands, with Holstein, Mecklenburg and Rügen, but also the lands of Halland, Skåne and Blekinge, which eventually passed to Sweden as part of the treaty of Roskilde. Mercator's map is superbly engraved, with his dramatically hachured waves gracing the sea areas of the map. Off the Danish west coast near Heligoland (here Heilig landt ) a sea monster breaks the surface. Publication History and Census This map was drawn by Gerard Mercator, and probably also engraved by him for inclusion in his atlas; it would not be printed until 1595 in Mercator's posthumous Atlas, sive Cosmographicæ meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura . The map continued to be printed in the Mercator/ Hondius atlas until 1636. Thereafter it was replaced with Hondius' Daniae nova Descriptio . While the present map is not difficult to find in later printings, this 1595 first edition is quite scarce, appearing in only five institutions. References: OCLC 801767209. Rumsey 10501.124 (1607) Van der Krogt, P. C. J., Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, (Vol. 1), 1500 1:A.1.

Seller Inventory # Denmark-mercator-1595

Bibliographic details

Title
Daniae Regnu.
Author
1595 Mercator Map of Denmark (First Edition)
Publication year
1595
Edition
1st Edition
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NORWAY-SWEDEN-DENMARK

Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.

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