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Philippi Cluverii Introductio in universam geographiam : tam veterem quam novam tabulis geographicis XLVI. ac notis olim ornata

Clüver, Philipp, 1580-1622, Buno, Johannes, 1617-1697, Heckel, Johann Friedrich, -1700, Reiske, Johannes, 1641-1701, Brown University. Library. fmo RIBRL · 1697 · Venduntur Amstelaedami, : Apud Joannem Wolters, bibliopolam op 't water. · 4 pictures

A 1697 Latin geography textbook by Philipp Clüver, issued in Amsterdam by the bookseller Joannes Wolters for scholars and students of ancient and modern geography. Its pictures are small woodcut tailpieces and head ornaments, one showing a printing press at work, plus an engraved frontispiece with a seated figure, a globe and an allegorical portrait medallion; a designer could draw on the compact ornamental vignettes for borders and dividers.

Geography · Geography, Ancient · Imprint 1697

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