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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 (485 x 305 mm). Engraved titles with letterpress overslips, double-page engraved portrait of Mercator and Hondius, 194 engraved maps, including the Hondius-Jansson world map (lacking two maps, some marginal tears and soiling, some light browning, creasing and staining). Contemporary blind-ruled calf (covers detached, worn). 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. All of the 22 maps of the Americas are present. Koeman II, Me 41a; Phillips Atlases 449. (2)