Italy - The island of Sicily

Old copper-engraved map of Sicily, hand-enhanced, published in 1633 in the Mercator-Hondius atlas. It shows a title cartouche with color-rolled borders in crimson, green and yellow, a sea with a hatched wave-fill bearing the calligraphic mentions “Mare Tyrreno” and “Mare Africo,” a scale in miles of Italy, and the inscription “Per Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio.” The relief is depicted in profile, with Etna (“Aetna m”), and the island is divided into Val di Mazara, Val di Noto, and Val di Demona. The main cities (Palermo, Messina, Catania, Syracuse, Agrigento) and a dense network of localities and rivers are named. The Archipelago of the Aegadian Islands and the tip of the Calabrian coast are also shown. - Dimensions: on the sheet: 56 x 47.5 cm; on the copper plate (map): 46.9 x 35.3 cm - Condition: Very good overall for a map of this period. Presence of a central vertical crease, light stains, and a few traces. See photos for more details. Mercator-Hondius Atlas - The atlas called “Mercator-Hondius” reuses the work of Gerard Mercator, whose copper plates were purchased by Jodocus Hondius in 1604. This French edition of 1633 is signed by his son Henricus Hondius and his son-in-law Joannes Janssonius, who added new maps. Gerard Mercator – Gerard Mercator (Gérard de Cremer) was born in 1512 at Rupelmonde (Flanders) and died in 1594 in Duisburg. Trained at the University of Leuven, he knew Gemma Frisius. He produced the 1541 globe and the 1551 celestial globe, then a map of Europe in 1554. Based in Duisburg, he presented in 1569 his map of the world with a conformal cylindrical projection, still used today. His atlas appeared in parts (1585, 1589), then in full in 1595, published after his death by his son Rumold. Jodocus Hondius acquired the copper plates in 1604, and the atlas was reissued in numerous editions, including the 1633 one.

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