Live auction - Lot 1099
[Elzevier Press - Geography]
Introductionis in universam geographiam, tam veterem quàm novam, libri VI. Accessit P. Bertii Breviarium orbis terrarum.
Amsterdam, Elzevier Press [D. Elzevier], 1670
Hammer price: €
150
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
24mo: 352 [engr. title incl.]-70-[9] pp.; 4 pl. (marg. dampstaining, larger at the end).
Contemp. marbled calf, gilt-orn. flat spine, red spr. edges (sl. rubbed, sm. womtracks, 2 corners bumped).
Second Elzevirian edition from the Amsterdam officina (1st 1624) of the most important book of the German geographer and historian Philipp Clüver (1580-1622), founder of historical geography. Illustrated with an engr. allegorical title and 4 fold. plates (3 schematic figures and 1 table "Typus intervallorum variarum gentium").
Ref. Willems 1426 (mentions only 3 pl.). - Rahir 1507. - Berghman 1460.
Prov. "Mater" of Count Joseph de Lannoy (ms. entry dated 1672). - Jesuits college (ms. entry). - Stamp.