76/4717 [Atlases]. "Gerardus Mercator (...) Iudocus Hondius (...)." Handcol. engr. portrait heightened w. gold, within architectural ornamental border, 39x45,5 cm., Amst., J. Hondius, 1613.

- Fine copy.

= The famous double-portrait of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. It was engraved by Coletta Hondius (born Van der Keere), in tribute to her late husband, who had died in 1612, and appeared in the Mercator/ Hondius atlas from 1613 onwards. Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, p.34-35. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.