Mercator’s Miniature Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 31 cm Engraved armorial bookplate to verso

Engraved armorial bookplate to verso of title

Notes on the map amplify and explain some of the uncertainties

and shows the Royal Festival Hall (built for the 1951 Festival of Britain) and the Mermaid Theatre at Puddle Dock

A scroll in the top right of the map could be printed with the name of any sponsor: our example was issued by the transatlantic shipping company United States Lines

Mercator’s Miniature Map of Germany Printed Area Measurement_25.5 x 31 cm Engraved armorial bookplate to versoThis map shows the Germanic regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the Atlas Minor. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 14. 6 x 19. 5 cm, black and white, numbered in an early hand in upper margin, light waterstaining in lower margin, Latin text on verso. References Koeman Me 186.