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955 - CLÜVER, Philipp *Introductionis in universam geographiam tam veterem quam novam libri vi* [...]. Includes P. Bertii’s *Breviarium Orbis Terrarum*. Amsterdam: Elzevier Press, 1661. Small 12mo: [12 pp., incl. engraved title page]–388–[75] pp.; 40 plates (3 plates bound upside down, a few spots). Contemporary sheepskin, spine with raised bands, red-stained edges (somewhat rubbed, head and tail partially missing, corners bumped). 2nd 12mo ed., expanded with 38 maps, of Clüver’s first comprehensive modern geography textbook (1st 4to: 1624; 1st 24mo: 1627; 1st sm. 12mo: 1651), incl. P. Bertius’ “Breviarium totius Orbis Terrarum.” Bertius (1565–1629) was cosmographer to Louis XIII and brother-in-law of Jodocus Hondius. Illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece. and 38 maps, including a world map, 4 maps of the continents, and maps of Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Italy, Russia, China, India, Turkey, Palestine, etc. The Americas are titled “America sive India Occidentalis.” Also includes 2 fold-out plates with compass roses and 1 table titled “Typus intervallorum variarum gentium.” Clüver was a historical geographer specializing in the Near East and ancient geography. Ref. Willems 1269. - STCN.

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CLÜVER, Philipp *Introductionis in universam geographiam tam veterem quam novam libri vi* [...]. Includes P. Bertii’s *Breviarium Orbis Terrarum*. Amsterdam: Elzevier Press, 1661. Small 12mo: [12 pp., incl. engraved title page]–388–[75] pp.; 40 plates (3 plates bound upside down, a few spots). Contemporary sheepskin, spine with raised bands, red-stained edges (somewhat rubbed, head and tail partially missing, corners bumped). 2nd 12mo ed., expanded with 38 maps, of Clüver’s first comprehensive modern geography textbook (1st 4to: 1624; 1st 24mo: 1627; 1st sm. 12mo: 1651), incl. P. Bertius’ “Breviarium totius Orbis Terrarum.” Bertius (1565–1629) was cosmographer to Louis XIII and brother-in-law of Jodocus Hondius. Illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece. and 38 maps, including a world map, 4 maps of the continents, and maps of Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Italy, Russia, China, India, Turkey, Palestine, etc. The Americas are titled “America sive India Occidentalis.” Also includes 2 fold-out plates with compass roses and 1 table titled “Typus intervallorum variarum gentium.” Clüver was a historical geographer specializing in the Near East and ancient geography. Ref. Willems 1269. - STCN.

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Cartography, atlases, old manuscripts, old and rare books
Friday, December 4
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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