Blundeville, Thomas

A Briefe Description of Universal Mappes and Cardes, and of Their Use: Also the Use of Pthomeley His Tables

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, De Capo, 1972. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A brilliant exemplar of the 1972 facsimile reprint of this classic work, published first in 1589. Bound in bright red cloth boards, sharp gilt lettering and device thereover, with gilt lettering over blue label to front cover and spine. Facsimile edition. Unpaginated, but roughly 40 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Katalog: Geography/Cartography

Sonstige Stichworte: Thomas Blundeville Ptolemy maps

Brewer, J. Gordon

The Literature of Geography: A Guide to Its Organisation and Use

London, England / Hamden, England, Clive Bingley / Linnet Books, 1978. Second Edition. . . Stated Second Edition, revised and expanded from the original First Edition of 1973. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in the original blue boards, stamped in shiny silver to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Brief comments are made on each title, both for content and bibliographical niceties, with sections on Discovery and Exploration, cartobibliography (new to the Second Edition). [4], 5-263 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Sonstige Stichworte: J. Gordon Brewer geography bibliography

Du Fresnoy, Lenglet; Oswald Edwards, ed.

Du Fresnoy's Geography for Youth; or, a Short and Easy Method of Teaching and Learning Geography

Dublin, Ireland, Printed by A. Stewart, . Fifteenth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Very Good interior, and having been lovingly rebound in new full green leather with stamped borders and flourishes by the master binder Pat Bruno in 2000. Contains a folding map of the world, a fold-out illustration of the artificial sphere including the Ptolomean system and the Tychghonick system. The illustration is a perfect facsimile of the original. Former gilt lettering on spine has rubbed away. The publication date for this stated Fifteenth Edition is not stated, but on p. 44 the union of Ireland and England is suggested to be occurring, which did in fact occur in 1800. Translated from the French of Abbe Lenglet Du Fresnoy, though it is not stated by whom. The sub-title for this handsome little tome continues thusly: "Designed Principally FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. Whereby Even Children may, in a short time, keep the Use of the Terrestrial Globe and Geographical Maps, and all considerable Countries in the World, their Situation, Boundaries, Extent, Division, Islands, Rivers, Lakes, Chief Cities, Government and Religion. Divided Into Lessons, By Way of QUESTION AND ANSWER. With the new General Map of the World . . . " 180 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Sonstige Stichworte: geography latitude|longitude|terrestrial globe|maps|mapmaking|Oswald Edwards

Monmonier, Mark

Drawing the Line: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy

New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.xi [1], 1-368 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Sonstige Stichworte: cartography|mapmaking|Mark Monmonier |geography