"Orbis Veteribus Noti Tabula Nova Auctore Guillelmo del' Isle...", Cluver, Philipp

Subject: Eastern Hemisphere

Period: 1729 (published)

Publication: Introductionis in Universam Geographiam

Color: Hand Color

Size:

15 x 15.1 inches
38.1 x 38.4 cm

This fine copper-plate map is copied from Delisle's map of the Eastern Hemisphere. In Asia, Japan is joined with a large island labeled Terra Incognita. Australia is beginning to take shape with Tasman's discoveries shown.

Cluver's Introductio in Universam Geographicam was a popular atlas, appearing in over 45 editions during a 100-year period. The first edition was published without maps in the 1620s, and the first edition to include maps was published circa 1641. The various editions were published in different cities throughout Europe, including Amsterdam, Nuremberg, and London. This map is from an Amsterdam edition, edited by Bruzen de la Martiniere with maps by Jan Wolters and four newly engraved maps after Delisle.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.CLUV-8b #1A.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with an "RK" watermark. Issued folding with faint offsetting, a binding trim at left, and light toning along the edges of the sheet.