Bertius' Miniature Map of the Low Countries

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.".

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