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Bertius' Miniature Map of the Low Countries

SKU: 8875
£125.00

Title:
Bertius' Miniature Map of the Low Countries

Date of publication:

  • 1616
  • Printed Measurement:

  • 10 x 13.5 cm
  • Colour:

  • black and white
  • Engraver:

  • Jodocus Hondius II
  • This miniature map of the Low Countries was published in the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalogued under the name of its author, Bertius.

    The maps are generally reduced from the cartography in the folio Mercator-Hondius atlas, and were mostly engraved by Jodocus Hondius, eldest son of the printer, who also bears the same name. Geoffrey King calls them "undoubtedly the finest set of miniature maps ever printed.". Read more

    Condition & Materials

    Copper engraving, 10 x 13.5 cm, black and white, Latin text on verso.

    References

    Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Lan 11A

    King, Miniature Antique Maps p. 96 Read less