An indispensible reference on World maps
The Mapping of the World: Early Printed Maps 1472-1700.
London: The Holland Press, 1984. Folio, cloth & d/w; pp. 669 profusely illustrated.
£500.00
Description
This cartobibliographical study illustrates how the world map developed from the earliest years of printing in the 1470s up to the turn of the seventeenth century.
The second edition of this weighty tome.
Condition:
A few tears to edges of dust jacket, text in good condition.Related products
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