Bertius’ Map of Southwestern Germany Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm and folding into original cloth

and folding into original cloth slipcase with publisher’s printed label

Greater awareness of maps led to greater use of map imagery across the board – a minority of maps in the book were used for finding the way from A-B

but his is one of the most distinctive and decorative early maps of Scotland

slight spotting

engraved by F Müllhaupt

Bertius’ Map of Southwestern Germany Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm and folding into original clothThis map of Southwestern Germany 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