ATLANTICS - Ptolemaeus - Bertius, Petrus. Theatrum geographiae veteris, duobus tomis distictum. 2 vols. With 2 gest. Titles, 1 gest. portrait, 47 (45 double-sheet, 1 sheet, 1 folded) copper maps and 3 text copperplates. All in careful coloring. Amsterdam, Elzevir for H. Hondius, 1618-19. folio (42.5 × 29 cm). [7] ll., 253 p., [1] p., 28 p., [20] ll.; [1] p., 46, 20 p., [8] ll. Blind embossed vellum volumes of the time (covers of vol. 1 replaced in modern style). Koeman 1:512 - Phillips 433 - Shirley T.PTOL-11h - Sabin 66497 - Stevens 60. - Contains in the 1st part 28 maps after Ptolemy using the plates engraved by Mercator in 1587 for his Ptolemy edition. In the 2nd part 14 maps from Ortelius' Parergon as well as the Tabula Peutingeriana in 4 double sheets (folded in) as well as 1 smaller map. - The Tabula Peutingeriana as usually a little bit trimmed, world map with two tiny holes, map of Arabia with kl. hs. Correction by old hand, map of India versa old written, as here the printed text is missing. Pre-title and gest. Title of Volume 1 with small marginal tears and mounted. Uniformly lightly browned. - In bright, very well executed coloring. - Provenance: bookplate Heinrich von Grothe, Reichsfreiherr zu Schauen.