Map of the World according to Ptolomy c.1606
Hand coloured copperplate engraving designed by Petrus Bertius (1565-1629) and engraved by Pieter van der Keere.
Not only was Bertius Brother-in-Law to the famous cartographer Jodocus Hondius, but he was also cosmographer to Louis XIII.
This map is from his miniature atlas, Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum. (Ref: Tooley pg 26.)
350mm x 290mm framed (this is the size of the frame).
R3,000.
(JHB)
