| Wolfenbüttel,
1661 From Cluver's
Introductionis in Universam Geographicam: AFRICA | Antiqua
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Original copperplate
engraved map
Original Color with later embellishments
215 x 260 mm
Map # AF-521
$ 600
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A fine map of Africa.This
map is from Philipp Cluver's famous Introductionis in
Universam Geographicam, published in Wolfenbüttel, Germany
in 1661 by Conrad Buno. The two men principally involved
in the German editions were Conrad Buno (c.1613-1671), and his
brother, Johann Buno (1617-1697). Conrad was an engraver
and publisher at the court of Wolfenbüttel. Johann was a
theologian and pedagogue in Lüneburg, and was responsible for
editing the text of this edition of Cluver's book. The
engraver for this map is not identified though it could have
been Conrad Buno, who engraved the 1641 Cluver maps.
Besides the 1661
edition, this map appeared in later editions of 1667, 1672, and
1678. There is no text on the verso.
Reference: Betz # 98. Betz, Richard L.,
with Penelope W. Betz. The Mapping of Africa: A Cartobibliography
of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700. 't
Goy-Houten, The Netherlands: HES & De Graaf
Publishers, 2007.
Fine Condition, with one minute
pinhole on the map.
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