Bertius, Pieter.

7 parts in one volume, oblong 8vo (120 x 195mm.), engraved title dated 1616, 7 divisional half-titles, 221 miniature maps and plans engraved by Pieter van den Keere, Salomon Rogier, Jodocus Hondius Jr and others, manuscript index at end of each volume, contemporary annotations on front and end flyleaves, eighteenth-century half calf, [Koeman II, Lan 11A; Shirley, British Library T.BERT-1a], some light staining at lower margins (affecting maps but more so on last 40 pages)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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First edition of this greatly augmented edition of Barent Langenes' Caert-Thresoor with text by Bertius has, in addition to the four world maps, fifteen maps and plates relating to the Americas.