![BERTIUS, Petrus (1565-1629). Theatri Geographiae Veterus. [Amsterdam: Isaac Elzevir and Jodocus Hondius, 1618-1619.] 2 parts in one volume, 2° (408 x 266mm). Text in Greek and Latin. 2 engraved titles, engraved portrait of Mercator, 45 double-page and 2 single-page engraved maps of the ancient world by Bertius after Mercator and Ortelius, woodcut diagrams and 3 engraved diagrams in the text, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Lacking half-titles and typographic title to first part, without the portrait of Bertius, second engraved title with a few minor marginal tears, short tears to 2.E6 and 2.H6 with associated tiny holes, gatherings 2.Hh-Fff remargined with associated tears, Tabulae Peutingerianae frayed at edges with associated losses, some staining and browning.) Later, possibly 18th-century calf, (worn, front cover detached). Provenance: Bibliotheca Colbertinae (ink inscription to engraved title) -- M. Auger (19th-century booklabel).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04826_0105_000(bertius_petrus_theatri_geographiae_veterus_amsterdam_isaac_elzevir_and092826).jpg?w=1)
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BERTIUS, Petrus (1565-1629). Theatri Geographiae Veterus. [Amsterdam: Isaac Elzevir and Jodocus Hondius, 1618-1619.] 2 parts in one volume, 2° (408 x 266mm). Text in Greek and Latin. 2 engraved titles, engraved portrait of Mercator, 45 double-page and 2 single-page engraved maps of the ancient world by Bertius after Mercator and Ortelius, woodcut diagrams and 3 engraved diagrams in the text, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Lacking half-titles and typographic title to first part, without the portrait of Bertius, second engraved title with a few minor marginal tears, short tears to 2.E6 and 2.H6 with associated tiny holes, gatherings 2.Hh-Fff remargined with associated tears, Tabulae Peutingerianae frayed at edges with associated losses, some staining and browning.) Later, possibly 18th-century calf, (worn, front cover detached). Provenance: Bibliotheca Colbertinae (ink inscription to engraved title) -- M. Auger (19th-century booklabel).
'AN IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE WORK' (Sabin). In two parts, the first comprises 28 Ptolemaic maps taken from Gerard Mercator's Geographia of 1578 (republished 1584 and 1605), which include the Universalis Tabula iuxta Ptolemaeum, 10 maps of Europe, 5 of Africa and 12 of Asia. The second part contains 4 sheets of Ortelius's engraving of the Peutingerian tables first engraved in 1598, the Scheda Prior map, and 14 maps from the Parergon. The portrait of Bertius is mentioned in Brunet but is often not present, as in this copy. Koeman I Ber I; Phillips, Atlases, 433; Sabin 66497.
'AN IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE WORK' (Sabin). In two parts, the first comprises 28 Ptolemaic maps taken from Gerard Mercator's Geographia of 1578 (republished 1584 and 1605), which include the Universalis Tabula iuxta Ptolemaeum, 10 maps of Europe, 5 of Africa and 12 of Asia. The second part contains 4 sheets of Ortelius's engraving of the Peutingerian tables first engraved in 1598, the Scheda Prior map, and 14 maps from the Parergon. The portrait of Bertius is mentioned in Brunet but is often not present, as in this copy. Koeman I Ber I; Phillips, Atlases, 433; Sabin 66497.