PCT-56525

Antique Map of the Netherlands and Germany by Van Geelkercken (1631)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. All but lower margin faintly dampstained (not affecting image). A crease in the left and right margins, two tiny tears in the right margin edge. Minimal paper separation in the top edge of the middle fold. A small tear in the top margin (closed using acid-free archival tape). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1631
  • Overall size: 40.5 x 34.8 cm.
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.. Antique Map of the Netherlands and Germany by Van Geelkercken (1631)

Description: Antique map titled 'Scaldis Mosae, ac Rheni Ostiorum, gentiumque accolarum antiqua descriptio.' - A Latin map of the Netherlands and Germany, showing all the major rivers as well as large towns and Roman forts. From: 'Philippi Cluveri Germaniae Antiquae Libri Tres'. Published: Lugduni Batavorum [Leyden]: Elzevir, 1631.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Nicolaas van Geelkercken' after 'Philipp Cluver'. Nicolaes van Geelkercken (1585 - 1656) was a Dutch surveyor and cartographer. Philipp Cluver (1580-1622) was an early modern German cartographer, geographer and historian.