Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura : iam tandem ad finem perductus, quamplurimis aeneis tabulis Hispaniae, Africae, Asiae & Americae auctus ac illustratus à Iudoco Hondio : quibus etiam additae (praeter Mercatoris) dilucidae & accuratae omnium tabularum descriptiones novae, studio et opera Pet. Montani
A 1607 atlas by Gerard Mercator and Petrus Montanus, printed in Amsterdam at Jodocus Hondius's press for a learned European readership, with engraved copperplate maps of regions of Europe. The pictures are engraved regional maps with dense hatched terrain, river networks, and decorative cartouche title panels, offering a designer ready material for historical cartography, border and frame ornament, and ornamental lettering.
