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COVENS & MORTIER: A MAP PUBLISHING HOUSE IN AMSTERDAM 1685-1866
Egmond, Marco van
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During almost two centuries from 1685 to 1866 the well-known Dutch map publishing house of Covens & Mortier supplied the then-modern world with maps and atlases. From the late seventeenth century, this company developed rapidly into one of the leading wholesalers in cartographic products. As a result, almost every present-day map lover is familiar with the name Covens & Mortier. Moreover, Covens & Mortier maps can be found in map collections all over the world. There is hardly a cartographic exhibition catalogue to be found in which the name of this Amsterdam firm is not mentioned.
Despite this great reputation, until recently, map historians groped in the dark about the exact development, size, and meaning of this publishing house. To what internal and external circumstances did Covens & Mortier owe its great expansion? How did they sell their maps and atlases? In which cartographic areas did innovation take place? What was the firm's position from an international point of view? Thanks to the results of ten years of intensive research into the publishing activities of Covens & Mortier, these questions can finally be answered. In this richly illustrated book, the definitive research results are presented. Furthermore, an extensive carto-bibliography with original and derivative maps, published by Covens & Mortier, has been added.
Volume 8 in the series Utrecht Studies on the History of Cartography, this work comes with a bibliography, indices, and several appendices on CD-ROM, including a genealogy of the families Covens & Mortier, estate inventories, catalogues of maps and copperplates, and references to Covens & Mortier in contemporary periodicals and booksellers' books. Illustrated with nearly 500 full-color images.
Available outside of North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
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MATRIX 19
Printed in an edition limited to 800 copies, this being one of 720 copies which are bound in stiff wrappers. This issue of the Matrix contains 24 articles including David Chambers on the Circle Press, Theo Rehak on the Kelmscott Press, John Dreyfus on American Proprietary Typefaces, John DePol on John Fass, John Dodson on German Type Specimens, Roderick Cave on Will Ransom and the Cunninghams, followed by 11 book reviews. Well illustrated with many tipped-in specimens printed on special papers, color plates, wood engravings printed on special paper, etc. Scholarly and finely printed. Minor jacket chipping at top.
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