Cluver, Philipp, and Petrus, Bertius.

Introductionis in Universam Geographiam, tam veterem quam novam. Libri VI. Accessit P. Bertii Breviarium Orbis Terrarum. Tabulis aeneis illustrati & gemino indice aucti. [Edited by Joseph Vorstius.]

Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1661. An edition in 12mo was printed in Amsterdam the same year, by Elzevir. Published a number of times prior to 1661 and a number of times through the early 18th century. Small 4to (7 x 6 inches). (8), 142, (2, second title), 31, (1) pp. [text printed double-column]. Engraved double-page folding plate, 45 engraved double-page maps. Printer's device on title page; Heinsius' funeral oration, mentioned on the title page, was not published in this edition. In this edition, America is described pp. 138-142, on the map of America the entire South is labelled "Florida," the peninsula has a separate label "Florida," and California is attached to the mainland. Cluver (1580-1622), a historical geographer, specialized in the Near East and ancient geography; Bertius (1565-1629) was cosmographer to Louis XIII and brother-in-law of Jodocus Hondius (Tooley Mapmakers, p. 52 and 120). Louis C. Karpinski's copy with his small name stamp on the front pastedown; Karpinski (1878-1956) taught mathematics at the University of Michigan and published a number of bibliographies related to math and cartography. Sabin 13805. 17th-century owner's name on front endpaper, several of the plates have old marginal paper repairs, a few light old tidelines in lower corners. Still a very good copy. Contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title (partly rubbed away), all edges red (some fading). (9804). Item #63093

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