Beschreibung:

Mercator, Gerard. ATLAS SIVE COSMOGRAPHICAE MEDITATIONES DE FABRICA MUNDI ET FABRICATI FIGURA. DUISBURG: [ALBERTUS BUSIUS, 1595] first edition, 5 parts in one volume, folio (390 x 285mm.), engraved architectural title, engraved portrait of Mercator on the verso, 5 divisional titles, 107 engraved maps, all but one double-page, the titles, portraits and maps all coloured by a contemporary hand, some towns and cartouches highlighted in gold, later vellum, reguarded, title and several maps cropped at margins, some staining throughout at centre (affecting centre-folds), several maps misbound