Antique Map of the Region Between the Gulf of Lybia and the Red Sea

Original antique map titled 'Aegyptus et Cyrene'. Detailed ancient map of the region between the Gulf of Lybia and the Red Sea, with marvelous detail along the Mediterranean Coastline and the Nile, Egypt. This map originates from 'Philippi Cluveri Introductionis in universam geographiam (..)' by P. Clüver. Published 1729.

Philipp Clüver was an Early Modern German geographer and historian. Cluver's Geography was one of the most enduring works of the 17th & 18th Centuries, issued by several different publishers with many different sets of maps over nearly 200 years.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Original folding lines. Defect right margin. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study images carefully.

Date: 1729

Overall size: 28.3 x 19.2 cm.