Etruriae Antiquae Descriptio

Historical-geographical map taken from the Italia Antiqua by Philipp Cluver (1580-1623) - also known by the Latin name Cluverius and the Italian name Cluverio - German geographer and founder of historical geography. Between 1607 and 1610 he traveled through various European regions, touching England, Germany, France and Italy, where he made a further journey between 1616 and 1618. The famous work had a first edition in 1624 in Leiden, with maps engraved by Nicolas van Geelkercken (1585-1656).

Numerous reprints of Cluver's work are known both in Leiden and in other European cities; all of them include maps based on Geelkercken's originals, but engraved by other artists.

Nicolas van Geelkercken, one of the lesser-known figures of the highly productive Dutch period at the beginning of the seventeenth century, was active as an engraver, cartographer and publisher in Leiden, Amsterdam and Arnhem. He was later to become the Surveyor of Gelderland.

Etching, in excellent condition.