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Upper Austria Title: Austria archiducatus. Cartographer: Mercator, G. Published: Amsterdam, I.E. Cloppenburgh, Date: 1630 . Size: [19,3 x 26,2 cm] Technic: Copper-engraving / Uncolored Description: Published in the first Cloppenburgh edition of Gerhard Mercator's "Atlas Minor" in 1630, verso French text. This is the first so-called Cloppenburgh editions which was a competive edition with new engraved maps in a larger format. Most of the maps were engraved by Pieter van den Keere. The Cloppenburg edition was continued for a couple of years but seems to have been suppressed after 1636 ... (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici). Decorative map of 'Upper Austria', showing the area between Passau and Vienna and towards the neighbouring Carinthia in the south. With many place names of small towns and villages, rivers, mountains, woods are shown as well. Notes: In excellent condition. A fine copy in a dark impression, full margins as published. Condition: Excellent Reference: Koeman, ME 198 Price: /
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