25        CLUEVER, Philipp (1580-1622). Introductionis in universam geographiam, tam veterem quam novam libri sex. Cum integris Ioannis Bunonis, Joh. Frid. Hekelii et Joh. Reiskii etselectis Londinensibus notis. Textum ad optimas editiones recognovit ... Augustinus Bruzen la Martiniere. Editio omnium locupleticcima. 4° (260x204 mm). [42], 688, [60] pp. Title printed in black and red, 47 engraved maps of which 16 folding and 31 double page, 4 (one folding) plate and a letterpress table. Contemporary blind-tooled Dutch vellum, covers panelled with double fillets, fleurons in the corners, central arabesque medallion. Amsterdam, Johann Pauli, 1729.                        

Most comprehensive and best edition of the most important work of the founder of scientific historical geography.

Cluever's text was first published posthumously by Joseph Vorstius in 1624. Over the years the text was revised by Johann Friedrich Heckkel and Johannes Reiske. The Parisian geographer Antoine Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière (1662-1746) edited the edition, which was richly illustrated with world and regional maps. Thirty-three of the maps engraved after Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726) and other maps concern Europe, eight Asia, three Africa and America. In its present version, the work remained for a long time the basic textbook for geography lessons.

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Provenance: Wappenexlibris Leonhard Sutter.

References: Alden/Landis VI, 729/56; Sabin 13085: Graesse II, 204.

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