Italy - Southern Italy; Cluver - Campaniae, Samnii Apuliae Lucaniae Brutiorum Vetus et Nova Descriptio - 1729

Condition: good. Paper browned. Adequate margins. The short margin at the bottom right has been marked.

This charming map of Southern Italy is filled with old place names and adorned with a decorative title cartouche featuring a harpist, sheet music, and a violin.

Cluver's Introductio in Universam Geographicam was a popular atlas, which appeared in more than 45 editions over a period of 100 years.

The first edition was published without maps in 1620, and the first edition with maps was published around 1641. The different editions were published in various cities across Europe, including Amsterdam, Nuremberg, and London.

This map is from an Amsterdam edition published by Jan Wolters.