Bertius’ Map of Southwestern Germany Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm Lampreys from the River Severn

Lampreys from the River Severn

engraved by William Kip after Christopher Saxton

The Seven United Provinces

slight spotting

engraved by F Müllhaupt

Bertius’ Map of Southwestern Germany Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm Lampreys from the River SevernThis 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