De groote Kaart van Vlaanderen vervaardigd in 1540 door Geeraard Mercator [...] bij middel van den lichtdruk weergegeven [...] door Jos. Maes, fotograaf en voorzien van eene verklarende inleiding door Dr. J. Van Raemdonck.

Antwerp, Wid. De Backer, 1882

€ 120 / 150

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Lot description

Folio: [14] ff.; 9 pl. (few edges sl. frayed, text ff. spotted).

Publ. folder with cloth ties (sl. soiled, spine used, 1 cloth tie missing).

Rare facsimile of the famous wall map of Flanders by Mercator. With accompanying text in Dutch and French. Enriched with a facsimile of the missing piece ("addendum") to complete the map by the "Cercle archéologique du pays de Waas".
Prov. Baron Paul-Marie Cogels (1845-1912) (bookpl. engr. by E. Pellens and letter).