Lot 43
Berthius, Petrus
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs | 09 May 2007
Description
Theatri geographiae veteris. Leiden and Amsterdam: Isaac Elzevir and Jodocus Hondius, 1618-1619. First edition, 2 volumes in one, folio (42 x 27.5cm) printed half title, 2 engraved titles within architectural borders, engraved portraits of Mercator, 47 double-page engraved maps after Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, all the maps mounted on guards, 30 hand-coloured in outline, parallel text in Greek and Latin, engravings in the text, 18th century mottled calf gilt, red morocco label, some dampstaining, chiefly of fore-margin in volume 2, sometimes affecting text and the four Tabulae peutingerinae maps, occasional light spotting, without the portrait of Berthius on verso of dedication leaf, foot of spine rubbed, upper corner bumped, joints lightly rubbed
Footnote
Note: An important edition of Ptolemy re-edited by Bertius. The first part of this work contains the twenty-eight maps from Mercator's editions 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.