A New Description of the Shyres Lothian and Linlitquo [Scotland]. HONDIUS, Henricus, after Timothy PONT

[Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius and Jan Janssonius, circa 1638/ 1630]. A hand-coloured engraved map (printed surface 368 × 540 mm, sheet size approximately 490 × 570 mm) with letterpress text in Latin on the verso headed 'Lauden sive Lothien'. With the imprint 'Henricus Hondius excudit'. Vertical centrefold crease, as issued; light tanning; small creases to bottom corners (well clear of the printed surface); old guard mounted on the verso; an excellent copy with ample margins. An attractive map of the shires of Lothian and Linlithgow from the Latin edition of the famous Mercator-Hondius-Jansson atlas, 'Atlas Novus, sive Descriptio Geographica Totius Orbis Terrarum' (1636-1638), following the pioneering surveys of Scottish cartographer Timothy Pont. It was first published in Hondius' 1630 edition of Mercator's atlas with the imprint giving credit to Hendrik's father Joost de Hondt: 'Jodocus Hondius caelavit sumptibus Andrae Hart'. Interestingly, the plate was likely engraved as early as 1603, which would explains the imprint and the dedication to James I and VI.