[World atlas] Bertius-Hondius, 1606

P. Bertii Tabularum geographicarum Contractarum. Libri quinque. Cum loculentis singularum Tabularum explicationibus. Editio Tertia. Apud Cornelium Nicolaj [Cornelis Claesz], 1606, Amstelodami. Oblong. 8vo, vellum, (16),679,(9) pp., complete with 173 maps (the map of the Escorial has been omitted in this edition, see Koeman-VanderKrogt 341:53, note with p. 422). Text by Petrus Bertius, engravings by Judocus Hondius. Vellum binding covered with Latin text; ms. ann. to front board, allegorical frontispiece with title, trimmed short along top, occ. tanning and with waterstaining; maps in clear impressions. Good copy.

Petrus Bertius was a Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer, related to the Flemish cartographer and engraver Jodocus Hondius. Bertius and Hondius are part of a Flemish tradition, besides Ortelius, Galle and others, with their detailed miniature atlases. In recent years only a few atlases of this size have been offered in complete condition.