Theatrum Geographiae Veteris, duobus tomis distinctum /
Bertius, Petrus,1565-1629.
Ortelius, Abraham,1527-1598.
Hondius, Jodocus,1594 or 1595-1629.
Elzevirus, Isaacus.
Mercator, Gerhard,1512-1594.
Lugduni Batavorum, : excudebat typis suis Isaacus Elzevirus, sumptibus Iudoci Hondii,
Anno MDCXVIII [1618,1619].
Relief shown pictorially.
Each part also has its own engraved and illustrated title page.
Imprint derived from colophon.
Imprint from title page to the last part: "Amstelodami : Ex officina I. Hondii, 1619".
Both parts bound together in a single volume.
The first part includes annotations on Ptolemy's Geography by Gerhard Mercator, with an engraved portrait of Mercator.
At the end of the second part is a section of 14 maps of the ancient world by Ortelius, with their accompanying text.
"Tomus prior" includes "Index locorum, popukorum, rerum, quae octo libris Ptolemaei geographiae ..."
Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Geography, Ancient