[World-Atlas] La Geographie Racourcie de Pierre Bertius. Cosmographe du Roy Tres-Chrestien.

Comprise en sept livres. Avec des belles Cartes Geographiques de nouveau, tirees et exactement taillez par Judocus Hondius. Avec privilege. A Amsterdam, Chez Josse Hondius. 1618. Obl. 8vo. w. leather binding. Seven books [chapters] w. seven sub-titles and 220 finely engraved maps by Petrus Bertius, published by Jodocus Hondius Jr. (8).829.(9) p. Lacking the engraved title. The index leaves w. sm. loss and the binding sl. damaged. Intern a very good copy of this rare French 1st. and only ed.

Koeman/ Van der Krogt IIIA [342:11A]. Pocket-sized atlas w. identical maps to the 1616 Latin ed. It is assumed that Petrus Bertius, cosmographer of Louis XIII of France, was influenced by the king's desire that he would write a French text for the popular Tabularum Geographicarum.