Lovely map of ancient Italy including Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. It is fully engraved to illustrate topography with ancient place names and embellished with two decorative cartouches with mythical figures, including Father Time.

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 published by Jan Wolters.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.CLUV-8a #16.

Condition: A

A dark impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with a watermark of the Amsterdam coat of arms and a hint of offsetting. A binding trim at left has been replaced with old paper, and an adjacent binding tear that just enters the map border has been archivally repaired. There are a few tiny tears along the edges of the sheet that have also been archivally repaired.