Clements Library Map Portfolio: Europe and the Americas, 1486–1606

Near fine condition. Complete Clements Library Map Portfolio: Europe and the Americas, 1486–1606. All facsimile map plates present, clean, and well preserved, with strong impressions and fresh color. Original portfolio wrapper intact, showing only light handling wear and minor edge toning consistent with careful storage. Accompanying descriptive text leaves all present and clean, with no tears, markings, or losses. All maps disbound. Issued by the William L. Clements Library as a scholarly teaching and reference portfolio, this set reproduces landmark early maps documenting Europe’s expanding geographic understanding of the Americas, including facsimiles after Ptolemy (1486), Bernardus Sylvanus (1511), Waldseemüller (1513), and Jodocus Hondius (1606). Offered here complete and intact, rather than separated for framing, with all explanatory text leaves included. A scarce and desirable institutional publication, appealing to collectors of early cartography, map history, and Clements Library material.…