Cartographer:
Bertius, Petrus
Title:
VALENTIA.
Stock Code:
4443
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius.
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
Bertii Tabularum geographicarum
Size: (W x H):
13cm x 9.5cm
5 inches x 3½ inches
Date:
1616
Price:
£245
Very attractive little map of the province of Valencia, surrounded by Murcia, Castilia and Arragon. Petrus Bertius was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. As well as being a prolific writer on mathematical, historical and theological subjects he is known as a cartographer for his editions of Ptolemy's Geographia. In 1618 he moved to Paris and became Official Cosmographer to Louis XIII. He was related by marriage to Jodocus Hondius and Pieter van den Keere.
Top edge cropped, shaving some letters of title. Very good condition.