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Cluver - Map of the German Empire - This historic engraving is from Philipp Cluver's Introductionis in universam geographiam, tam veterem, quam novam libri VI. Praefixit A. Bruzen de la Martinière . The work was published by P. de Coup in Amsterdam in 1729. The was an expanded edition with maps from Guillaume De L'Isle. The work, first published 1624, was an important early study in Geography and became a standard text. Philipp Cluver (Philippi Cluverius) (1580-1622) was a Polish / German geographer and historian. Cluver is considered the father of modern historical geography. Paper Size ~ 14 1/4” by 12” (Fold Out)