[POLAND, Silesia] Polonia et Silesia. Per Gerardum Mercatorem. [1585]. Copperplate 34.5x45.5 cm....

[POLAND, Silesia] Polonia et Silesia. Per Gerardum Mercatorem. [1585]. Copperplate 34.5x45.5 cm, surface color ; on sheet 44x55 cm.
One of the most famous maps of Poland of the late 16th and first half of the 17th century, made by Gerard Mercator was a reworking of Waclaw Grodecki's map and an adaptation of Martin Helwig's map to depict Silesia. On the half north it reaches to the line of cities: Stargard, Tuchola, Grudziądz, on the east to Lvov, on the back the text in Latin: Polonia Regnum, pagina: 268-269, signed Cccccc. See Imago Poloniae K75/1 (first state). Wytyczak R. - Silesia in old cartography. Wroclaw 1998, item 4. Trace of atlas folding, browning of paper.