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Bertius’ Map of Franconia

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Title:
Bertius’ Map of Franconia

Date of publication:

  • 1616
  • Printed Measurement:

  • 9.7 x 13.5 cm
  • Colour:

  • modern
  • Engraver:

  • Jodocus Hondius II
  • This map of Franconia, including Frankfurt and Nuremberg in modern Bavaria, is from 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, each 9.7 x 13.5 cm, modern hand-colour, Latin text on verso. 

    References 

    Miniature Antique Maps p. 96 Read less