MERCATOR, Gerard (1512-1594), Jodocus HONDIUS (1563-1612) and Joannes JANSSONIUS (1588-1564). Atlas, or A Geographicke description of the Regions, Countries and Kingdomes of the world, through Europe, Asia, Africa, and America... Translated by Henry Hexham. Amsterdam: H. Hondius and J. Jansonnius, 1636. 2 volumes, 2 o (484 x 307 mm). Engraved titles with letterpress overslips, engraved double-page portrait of Mercator and Hondius, 195 engraved double-page maps, including the Hondius-Jansson world map ALL COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND (some tears to folds and margins, some creasing, light staining, blank portion of Morea map torn away, Candia map defective, volume II with first and last leaves worn and browning and staining throughout). Modern cloth. First English-language edition of Henricus Hondius and Joannes Janssonius's revision of Mercator's atlas, published in 1630 as a response to the growing threat of their competitor Willem Blaeu. "In the first volume are eight, in the second volume twelve new maps. A rather rigorous alternation took place with the plates, greater than in any of the former editions of the atlas" (Koeman). All of the maps of the Americas are present. Koeman II, Me 41a; Shirley 336 (state 1); Phillips 449. (2)
MERCATOR, Gerard (1512-1594), Jodocus HONDIUS (1563-1612) and Joannes JANSSONIUS (1588-1564). Atlas, or A Geographicke description of the Regions, Countries and Kingdomes of the world, through Europe, Asia, Africa, and America... Translated by Henry Hexham. Amsterdam: H. Hondius and J. Jansonnius, 1636. 2 volumes, 2 o (484 x 307 mm). Engraved titles with letterpress overslips, engraved double-page portrait of Mercator and Hondius, 195 engraved double-page maps, including the Hondius-Jansson world map ALL COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND (some tears to folds and margins, some creasing, light staining, blank portion of Morea map torn away, Candia map defective, volume II with first and last leaves worn and browning and staining throughout). Modern cloth. First English-language edition of Henricus Hondius and Joannes Janssonius's revision of Mercator's atlas, published in 1630 as a response to the growing threat of their competitor Willem Blaeu. "In the first volume are eight, in the second volume twelve new maps. A rather rigorous alternation took place with the plates, greater than in any of the former editions of the atlas" (Koeman). All of the maps of the Americas are present. Koeman II, Me 41a; Shirley 336 (state 1); Phillips 449. (2)
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