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[BERTIUS, Petrus (1565-1629). Theatrum Geographiae veteris. Leiden: Isaac Elzevier for Jodocus Hondim at Amsterdam, 1618. Fragment of volume II only, 2 (400 x 265mm). Mounted on guards throughout. 19 engraved maps, 18 double-page, by Hondius and others, after Abraham Ortelius, and others. (6 shaved with slight loss.) 18th-century calf (rebacked). A fragment, with the section 'Abraham Ortelii Geographicae veteris' complete and bound out of sequence before text-leaves and maps that should precede it all from volume II. Cf. Koeman I.Ber 1; sold not subject to return.