Bertius Persian Gulf

Petrus Bertius.
Ormus regnum.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 95 x 135mm. Coloured.
£250
The Persian Gulf, with 'Baharem I.' marking Bahrain. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0039