- 3095
Bertius, Petrus (1565-1629).
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Theatri geographiae veteris. Leiden and Amsterdam: Isaac Elzevir and Jodocus Hondius, 1618-1619
2 volumes in one, folio (420 x 280mm.), [12], 253, [3], 28, [34]; [2], 46, 20, [13]pp., parallel Greek and Latin text, contemporary manuscript annotations in ink on title and margins, illustration: 2 engraved titles within architectural borders, engraved portrait of Mercator, woodcut and engraved diagrams in text and 47 mostly double-page engraved maps after Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, binding: contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, lacking portrait of Bertius, some browning and spotting (mostly to text), a few edges slightly frayed, binding rubbed
Provenance
Nicolas-Joseph Foucault (1643-1721), armorial bookplate
Literature
cf. Koeman I, Ber I; Phillips, Atlases 433; Shirley, British Library T-PTOL-11g
Catalogue Note
An important edition of Ptolemy re-edited by Bertius. The first part of this work contains the twenty-eight maps from Mercator's edition of Ptolemy, first issued in 1578. The second part consists of the Tabula Peutingeriana and fourteen maps of the ancient World from the Parergon of Abraham Ortelius.