Author: KAIN, ROGER J. P; BAIGENT, ELIZABETH. Title: The Cadastral Map in the Service of The State. A History of Property Mapping.
Description: First Edition; Post 4to; pp. xx, 423; text illustrated with 127 b/w. maps, a regional guide to German Cadastral literature, notes, bibliography, index of subjects and places, bound in original quarter green cloth, maroon papered boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, fine copy. Chicago; The University of Chicago Press; 1992. The book traces the development and application of rural property mapping in Europe and European colonies from the Renaissance through to the nineteenth century. The authors go beyond traditional cartographic research, approaching the maps as political instruments rather than as simple geographical or historical tools.
Keywords: gea cartography maps atlas history general miscellaneous
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- Book number: 113116