Lot n° 697

Receipt on vellum, in French, signed "Pierre Bertius" as "cosmographe ordinaire", [Paris], 20 March 1621, c. 18,5 x 28,8 cm. In very good condition.

Estimation : 200 / 250
Adjudication : 600 €
Description
Rare document by the Flemish Arminian theologian and former Leiden professor Petrus Bertius (Beveren-Alveringem 1565 - Paris 1629). He was an expert editor of Ptolemy and cartographer. In 1618 he became "cosmographe ordinaire" of Louis XIII in Paris, where he continued his cartographical publications. He died a Catholic.
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