The Cluver/Hondius map of Classical Italy

CLUVER, Philip.

Italia Antiqua Philippo Cluvero Borusso Designatore.
Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, 1636, German text edition. Original colour. 360 x 490mm, with wide margins.

A decorative map of classical Italy, engraved by Jodocus Hondius II, crediting Cluverius as the source of the cartographical details, featuring a sailing ship to the West of Corsica and a decorative title cartouche in the shape of a Roman altarpiece surrounded by the figures of Time and Hercules. A very fine example.


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