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The First Carto-Bibliography -- Published by a 17th Century Bookseller

Rare catalogue of maps by a 17th Century Strassbourg book dealer. 

Scarce first and only edition of Orbis terraqueus, the first bibliography of cartography. A bookseller, Simon Paulli records maps (both from atlases and separately printed) by the major publishers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including Blaeu, Jansonius, Visscher, Hondius, and Ortelius, in addition to those appearing in local topographical works, coasting pilots and maritime atlases.