World - World, Continents, America, Sicily, Cyprus, China ...; Philipp Clüver [Cluverius] - Introductionis in Universam Geographiam .. - 1661-1680

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1661, In perfect 5* condition !! Edition of this illustrated, with copper engraved 37 Maps, Geography. Edition of the 17th century leading Dutch printing house of Elzevir.
Contemporary Vellum Binding [without any defects !!] 6ff + 388 p. + 38ff Index etc.
- World Map
- 4 Continent Maps
- 26 Maps of Europe interest [8 on Italy - 3 on Greece/Cyprus - 2 on Balkan - British Isles, Scandinavia - Spain - Russia - several on France/Corsica - Germany, Austria, Benelux, Switzerland]
- 8 Maps on Asia
- 2 Maps on Africa
- 1 Map of America

In absolutely excellent condition !! small spot on title page , very occasional foxing

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Philipp Clüver (also Klüwer, Cluwer, or Cluvier, Latinized as Philippus Cluverius) (1580 – 31 December 1622) was an Early Modern German geographer and historian.

His Introductio in universam geographiam, (published posthumously from 1624 on) was the first comprehensive modern geography, and became a standard geographical textbook.

Clüver was born in Danzig (Gdańsk), in Royal Prussia, a province of the Kingdom of Poland. After spending some time at the Polish court of Sigismund III Vasa, he began the study of law at the University of Leiden (Dutch Republic), but soon he turned his attention to history and geography, which were then taught there by Joseph Scaliger.[1]

Clüver received science education from his father, who was Münzmeister at Danzig (coin master), but when Clüver went into different studies, his father stopped supporting his studies. He therefore travelled from Leiden across Hungary to Bohemia, where he did military service for a few years. While in Bohemia, he translated into Latin a defense by Baron Popel Lobkowitz, who was imprisoned. Upon his return to Leiden, he faced sanctions by the imperial (Habsburg) authorities for this, which however he could avoid with the help of his Leiden friends.

Clüver also travelled in England, Scotland, and France. He did all travel on foot, finally returning to Leiden, where (after 1616) he received a regular pension from the university. He died in Leiden.

Clüver was also a prolific a writer on mathematical and theological subjects. He is remembered by collectors and historians of cartography for his edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (based on Mercator's edition of 1578) and for miniature atlases that were reprinted for most of the 17th century. Many of his maps were etched for him by Petrus Bertius

Petrus Bertius (also Peter Bertius; (in Dutch) Pieter de Bert) (14 November 1565 – 13 October 1629) was a Flemish philosopher, theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer. Bertius published much in mathematics, and historical and theological works, but he is now best known as a cartographer with his edition of the Geographia of Ptolemy, which includes Mercator's Ptolemaic atlas from 1578 as well as parallel Greek and Latin texts.