Author: Moreland, Carl / Bannister, David
Publisher: Phaidon Press Limited, London.
Year: 1989 [1983]
Size: 24.5 x 19 cm
Reference:
Antique Maps – A Collector’s Guide
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Description
pp. 10 326, 163 maps, 8 of which are in color. 3rd paperback edition.
AN EXHAUSTIVE HANDBOOK ON MAP COLLECTING. Beautiful, evicative and historically significant, old maps are endlessly intriguing and keenly collected. Antique Maps is widely recognized as a standard reference work for novice map collectors and experts alike. It provides a historical background to the subject and advice on starting a collection. The invaluable biographical section lists mahor map makers between 1450 and 1850, with key dates and works.
Condition
with minor wear and bumps to spine and cover.
