Bertius’ Map of Southwestern Germany Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm engraved by William Kip after

engraved by William Kip after Christopher Saxton

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

with Duke Henry

Lampreys from the River Severn

gift to D Hughes from the Rev R

Bertius’ Map of Southwestern Germany Printed Area Measurement_25 x 33 cm engraved by William Kip afterThis 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