Rare map of Flanders

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Flandriae Recens Exactaq, Descriptio.

[MERCATOR, Gerard]
Venice,
Michaelis Tramezini,
1555
Engraved map, backed on japan paper and remargined.
390 by 530mm (15.25 by 20.75 inches).
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Single-sheet derivative of Gerard Mercator's rare wall-map of Flanders on four sheets, published circa 1540. Tramezini's map is the first derivative of this very influential map. Mercator's original, one of the earliest productions of this great cartographer, is known in only one example. ...

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Karrow 56/6.1

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