Title: “Das Wiflispur Gergou.” Description: Very detailed antique map depicting southwestern Switzerland by Gerardus Mercator. It illustrates the historical territory around Avenches (historically known in German as Wiflisburg). Major landmarks shown include Lake Geneva (Lac Leman), Lake Neuchâtel, Lake Biel, and the cities of Bern and Fribourg. Comes from the Latin edition atlas “Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura primum à Gerardo Mercatore inchoatae, deindè a Iudoco Hondio piae memoriae ad finem perductae, iam verò multis in locis emendatae, et de novo in lucem editae. Editio decima. Amsterodami : sumptibus et typis aeneis Henrici Hondij, 1628” published in Amsterdam, by H. Hondius, 1628. Cartographer: Gerardus Mercator (1512 – 1594) Sheet size: 49,5 x 58,8 cm Year: 1628 Technique: copper engraving Condition: Very good condition. Contemporary hand coloring. Watermarked paper. This is an original antique map published in 1628 and NOT a modern copy or reprint On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity
