Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries. A revised Edition of 'Old Decorative Maps and Charts' by A.L. Humphreys. With eighty-four Reproductions and a new Text. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

SKELTON R.A.

Verlag: Staples Press, [1952], 1952

Beschreibung

Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 12 coloured plates and 72 monochrome plates; burgundy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. The first form of this work, by Humphreys, appeared in 1926 designed as a picture book to illustrate the wealth of a notable collection. Skelton's classic reworking serves both as a specimen book and a guide to the study of maps printed from wood blocks or copper-plates from the birth of mapmaking to the eve of scientific cartography. The majority of plates in the original work have been retained and twenty-two new illustrations added, together with a bibliography. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 36070

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th ...

Verlag: Staples Press, [1952]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1952

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage