Hondius extras make a world of difference to Mercator maps
Jodocus Hondius’ additions for his edition of Gerhard Mercator’s pioneering 'Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura' made the work one of the most accomplished collections of maps from the early 17th century.
This fact was not lost on the bidders in Berlin who drove a particularly good copy way above estima…