The Atlas of Atlases

The Map Maker's Vision of the World: Atlases from the Cadbury Collection, Birmingham Central Library

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• Phillip Allen

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• 160 Seiten
• 6 Lesestunden

• Atlasse

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A history of atlases, illustrated with over 300 color reproductions from the Cadbury Collection at the Birmingham England Central Library. Not all of the illustrations are of maps. Divided into 5 chapters, each with a general introduction followed by a discussion of individual atlas-makers. Illustrations have captions, sometimes extensive. With index and a list of atlases. Marbled endpapers. 160 pages. 1992, 4to., paper-covered boards, dust jacket..

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Einband: Hardcover