Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Russia. Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) Russia cum Confiniis. Duisberg, 1609.
Double-page folio, engraved, hand colored, old folds, text printed on the back, evenly toned, especially on the verso, sheet: 19 x 22 1/2 in.; plate: 14 x 19 in.
This map covers all of Russia from Scandinavia to the Black Sea, and includes an inset of Moscow.
Estimate $400-600