Copper engraving, coloured, mm 335x470. Rare first state with no text on verso. First published in Duisburg in 1589 in part two of his atlas, "Italia, Sclavoniae et Graeciae tabula geographicae". Our example is from “Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi”, published by Hondius between 1606 and 1630, after the acquisition of the plates from Mercator's heirs. Good condition. Koeman ME 35°.