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  THE ATLAS BLAEU-VAN DER HEM: HISTORY OF THE ATLAS AND THE MAKING OF THE FACSIMILE.
Houten HES & DE GRAAF 2011 8 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 244 pages
The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem: History of the Atlas and the making of the facsimile is a publication created to accompany the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem. set. In celebration of one of the most prestigious projects from HES & DE GRAAF, this book will celebrate and provide background information on the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem and the production of the facsimile.

Various experts describe the many aspects of this unique compilation of atlases from the 17th century. The book contains contributions by Roelof van Gelder on the Atlas of Laurens van der Hem and his library, including a detailed description of the life and works of the collector and the making of his Atlas; Truusje Goedings on the coloration of the Atlas; Erlend de Groot on the art historical aspects of a series of drawings from the Atlas; Peter van der Krogt on the Atlas Maior by Blaeu, which served as the point of departure for the Atlas; Benjamin Schmidt on the printed maps from the Atlas, and Dick Gaasbeek on the making of the facsimile of the Atlas, including a detailed description of the photography, printing, and binding. Together with an introduction by Günter Schilder, this book contains a catalogue of brief information including numbers and titles, on all the maps and images presented in the 8 volumes of the facsimile.
Price: $ 475.00 other currencies Order nr. 106136

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  Barker, Nicolas " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."
Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress (Washington D.C.) Library of Congress April 1978 4to. stiff paper wrappers (v), 66-138, (4) pages
This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by Walter W. Ristow. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. Lower corner of text creased, fore-edge of text has stain which bled onto three leaves, wrappers soiled
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 92761

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  Berkvam, Michael L. and Sean Shesgreen EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CITIES: A PANORAMA.
Bloomington, IN The Lilly Library, Indiana University 1983 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages.
A catalogue for an exhibition of books, maps, scenic views, and other depictions of cities in the eighteenth century, prepared and described by Michael L. Berkvam and Sean Shesgreen. 78 entries, many illustrations, index, list of Lilly Library publication.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 47454

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  (Blaeu) Donkersloot-de Vrij, Marijke DRIE GENERATIES BLAEU: AMSTERDAMSE CARTGRAFIE EN BOEKDRUKKUNST IN DE ZEVENTIENDE EEUW.
(Zutphen) Rijksmuseum 'Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum' Walburg Pers (1992) 8vo, oblong stiff paper wrappers 83+(1) pages
Text in Dutch. Cartography and printing by three generations of the Blaeu family, descendants of Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638). Eight color plates; black and white illustrations throughout. Table of contents, genealogical chart, biographical overview, bibliography and index.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 108276

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  (Blaeu, Ioannis) Verwey, H. de la Fontaine en W. Gs Hellinga IN OFFICINA IOANNIS BLAEV
Twee inleidende studies bij een kleine tentoonstelling van de Dr. P.A. Tiele-Stichting. Amsterdam N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij 1961 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51 pages.
Information on this Dutch mapmaker. Some fading of covers.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107339

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  Blonk, D., J. Blonk-van der Wijst HOLLANDIA COMITATUS. EEN KARTOBIBLIOGRAFIE VAN HOLLAND.
`t Goy-Houten HES & DE GRAAF 2000 9.75 x 12.5 inches Hardcover, dust jacket 488 pages
Attractively illustrated, this book offers for the first time a complete survey of all printed maps of the former county of Holland in Dutch with an extensive summary in English. Over a hundred maps from 1542 to the early nineteenth century show the results of impoldering, peat cutting, and town extensions in the provinces of North and South Holland.

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Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 103308

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  Blonk, D., J. Blonk-van der Wijst ZELANDIA COMITATUS: KAARTEN VAN DE PROVINCIE ZEELAND TOT 1860. GESCHIEDENIS EN CARTOBIBLIOGRAFIE
Houton HES & DE GRAAF 2010 9 x 12 inches hardcover, dust jacket 508 pages
This book provides a complete overview and a systematic analysis of all printed maps of the old country of Zeeland, the western-most province of New Zealand. It describes the evolution of the landscape over the centuries and examines the ever-changing cartography of the islands by shifting sand banks, embankments, and floods. The introduction includes an overview of the history of Zealand. With 129 card descriptions and more than 400 color illustrations, this book provides a beautiful view of the cartography of this dynamic province. Part XI in Utrecht Historical and Cartographic Studies (Explokart series). Written in Dutch with English summary.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 105570

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  Bom, G.D. BIJDRAGEN TOT EENE GESCHIEDENIS VAN HET GESLACHT "VAN KEULEN" ALS BOEKHANDELAARS, UITGEVERS, KAART- EN INSTRUMENTMAKERS IN NEDERLAND; EENE BIBLIO-CARTOGRAPHISCHE STUDIE
Amsterdam Meridian Publishing Co. 1962 8vo. wrappers (8), 27, (4), 120+(1) pages
Written in Dutch. History of the Van Keulen family Booksellers, publishers map and instrument makers in the Netherlands. With indices. Wrappers slightly tanned, "Van Keulen" written in ink on the spine.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 104452

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  (Bookselling) SHEPPARD'S INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF PRINT AND MAP SELLERS.
Farnham Richard Joseph Publisher's Ltd. (1992) 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. 444 pages.
Second edition. Lists dealers by country and locality, alphabetically and by specialty.
Price: $ 11.00 other currencies Order nr. 36601

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  Bradshaw, Henry, P. van der Krogt, P. Meurer ABRAHAM ORTELIUS AND THE FIRST ATLAS. ESSAYS COMMEMORATING THE QUADRICENTENNIAL OF HIS DEATH 1598-1998. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LEON VOET, AND WITH 20 CONTRIBUTIONS BY GÜNTER SCHILDER, RODNEY SHIRLEY, DENNIS REINHARTZ, AND OTHERS.
`t Goy-Houten HES & DE GRAAF 1998 30.5x24 cm cloth 432 pages.
Illustrated.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 260.00 other currencies Order nr. 103310

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  Bratt, Einar EN KRÖNKA OM SVENSKA GLOBER ANDERS ÅKERMAN OCH HANS EFTERFÖLJARE JÅMTE EN INVENTERING AV HISTORISKA GLOBER I SVERIGE.
Stockholm Almqvist & Wiskell (1968) 8vo quarter cloth with paper covered boards, dust jacket 232 pages
Text in Swedish with two page English summary. History of globemaking and globemakers in Sweden, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes biographies of globemakers. Illustrated. Dust jacket worn at edges and torn.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 106389

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  Broeders, P.W.A GIJSBERT FRANCO, BARON VON DERFELDEN VAN HINDERSTEIN 1783-1857 - LEVEN EN WERK VAN `EENE WARE SPECIALITEIT` IN KAART GEBRACHT
`t Goy-Houten HES & DE GRAAF 2007 9.75 x 12.5 inches Hardcover, dust jacket 546 pages, CD-ROM
This biography features a detailed look on the life and work of Utrecht-based cartographer Gijsbert Franco von Derfelden. The book offers new insights into the life of the composer of the "Algemeene Kaart van Nederlandsch Oost-India" and includes a CD-ROM with numerous appendices and 500 illustrations.

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Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 103200

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  Bunbury, E. H. A HISTORY OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TILL THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
2 volumes London John Murray, Albemarle Street 1883 8vo cloth xxx,660; xviv,743 pages
History of the understanding of geography from Homeric Greece to Imperial Rome. Includes fold-out maps. Ex library copy with markings. Wear to cloth. Bookplates on front pastedown of both volumes. Pencilled notations on free endpaper. Foldout map at end of first volume frayed at edge.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 106312

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  (Cary, John) Fordham, Herbert George JOHN CARY ENGRAVER, MAP, CHART AND PRINT SELLER AND GLOBE MAKER 1754-1835; A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
(Mansfield Centre, CT Martino Publishing 2001) 8vo. cloth xxxiv, 139+(1) pages
Facsimile edition of volume first published by Cambridge University Press in 1925. (Besterman 1169). A well-known English cartographer, John Cary began as an engraver in London and turned to publishing and land surveying in 1783. His New and Correct English Atlas appeared in 1787, followed by county atlases. The New Universal Atlas, for which he is best known, first appeared in 1808. Fordham, rightfully considered one of the century's foremost experts in the history of cartography, meticulously describes 300 of Cary's works. This title has always been hard to find. Though once reprinted, all copies are uncommon.
Price: $ 70.00 other currencies Order nr. 69017

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  (Chamonal, Rodolphe) LIVRES ANCIENS.
Paris Rodolphe CHAMONAL (2008) small 4to. paper-covered boards 215, (5) pages
Beautifully illustrated catalog, color and black and white, from the Parisian antiquarian. 205 entries. Price index included.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 105024

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  Clement, A.J. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES.
Wilmington The Board of Trade 1888 small 4to. original cloth with newer leather spine. 80 pages.
B1-2026. Filled with illustrations of Wilmington businesses. Lacks the three maps that were bound in at the front of this title. Printed by the Delaware Printing Company. Wear along edges especially at tips.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 66467

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  (Covens & Mortier) COVENS & MORTIER. STOCK CATALOGUES OF MAPS AND ATLASES. (1721-1763) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P. VAN DER KROGT.
Utrecht HES & DE GRAAF 1992 5.5 x 8.5 inchees Paperback 142 pages
Covens & Mortier were one of the biggest producers of maps and atlases in Amsterdam in the eighteenth century. This book features the facsimile edition of the catalogue of copper plates and a stock catalogue originally issued in 1721 and 1763. Also included are an introduction on the catalogues and an introductory history on Covens & Mortier by Peter van der Krogt.

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Price: $ 130.00 other currencies Order nr. 103277

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  Dahlgren, E.W. LES DÉBUTS DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE DU JAPON.
Amsterdam Meridian Publishing Company 1977 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 65 pages
Text in French. Reprint of the 1911 edition. With eight black-and-white map plates.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 104634

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  Dawson, S.J. REPORT ON THE EXPLORATION OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT, AND BETWEEN THE LATTER PLACE AND THE ASSINBOINE AND SASKATCHWAN.
N.P. (Greenwood 1968) folio cloth. Not paginated.
Facsimile reprint of the 1859 first edition published by the Legislative Assembly, Toronto. The foldout maps are present.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 107466

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  De La Ronciere, Charles LA DECOUVERTE DE L'AFRIQUE AU MOYEN AGE CARTOGRAPHES ET EXPLORATEURS.
3 volumes in one. Le Caire Societe Royale De Geographie D'Egypte 1925 folio half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge stained green, original paper wrappers bound-in (vi),175 pages with 19 plates; (viii),144+(4) pages with 19 plates; (viii),viii,130 pages with 3 plates
Written in French. A history of medieval cartography and the exploration of Africa and Egypt, published by the Royal Geographical Society of Egypt. Volume one is subtitled "L'Interieur Du Continent." Volume two is subtitled "Le Périple Du Continent." Volume three is subtitled "Un Explorateur Français Du Niger; Les Débuts De Christophe Colomb." The spine is rubbed with some loss of leather to the head and tail. The leather is slightly detached at the head. Wear to the edges and corners. The boards are somewhat worn and slightly faded. Wrappers tanned.
Price: $ 2,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 104198

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  (Delaware) Beers, D.G. CAMDEN AND FELTON. MURDERKILL, KENT CO. DEL.
Philadelphia Pomeroy & Beers 1868 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet
Map of Camden and Felton, Murderkill, Kent County, Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 25 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 55), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother Silas operated in Philadelphia, the center of atlas publication in the United States, until he moved to New York City in 1868. Beers and his family produced detailed maps of many Northeastern states, cities, and counties until the 1880s, when the United States began to systematize mapping practices, and mapmaking moved out of private publication (Mano, Jo Margaret). Engraved by Worley & Bracher of Philadelphia and printed by Fred Bourquin. Maps in color.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93334

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  (Delaware) Beers, D.G. CHRISTIANA. NEW CASTLE CO. DEL.
Philadelphia Pomeroy & Beers 1868 15 5/8" x 14 1/2," board 16 1/4" x 15 1/4" Single sheet
B1-100. Map of Brandywine, New Castle Co., Delaware. Scale 1 1/2" to the mile. Contains an inset map of Centreville (40 rods to the inch) and a Centerville business directory. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 11), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother, Silas, operated in Philadelphia, the center of atlas publication in the United States, until 1868, when he moved to New York City. Beers and his family produced detailed maps of many Northeastern states, cities, and counties until the 1880s, when the United States began to systematize mapping practices, and mapmaking moved out of private publication (Mano, Jo Margaret). Engraved by Worley & Bracher of Philadelphia and printed by Fred Bourquin. Map in color. Map shrink-wrapped to cardboard. Light stain along top.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 93507

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  (Delaware) Beers, D.G. MILFORD, KENT CO. DEL.
Philadelphia Pomeroy & Beers 1868 16.75" x 17.75" matte Single sheet
Map of Milford, Delaware in Kent County, matted. Map contains a directory of businesses and manufacturers, as well as a list of residential references. Scale inch to the mile. This leaf has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 59), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother Silas operated in Philadelphia, the center of atlas publication in the United States, until he moved to New York City in 1868. Beers and his family produced detailed maps of many Northeastern states, cities, and counties until the 1880s, when the United States began to systematize mapping practices, and mapmaking moved out of private publication (Mano, Jo Margaret). Engraved by Worley & Bracher of Philadelphia and printed by Fred Bourquin.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93174

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  (Delaware) Beers, D.G. MILFORD. MILFORD, KENT CO. DEL.
Philadelphia Pomeroy & Beers 1868 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet
Map of Milford and South Milford, Kent County, Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses and manufacturers. Scale 20 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 61), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother Silas operated in Philadelphia, the center of atlas publication in the United States, until he moved to New York City in 1868. Beers and his family produced detailed maps of many Northeastern states, cities, and counties until the 1880s, when the United States began to systematize mapping practices, and mapmaking moved out of private publication (Mano, Jo Margaret). Engraved by Worley & Bracher of Philadelphia and printed by Fred Bourquin. Map in color.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93344

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  (Delaware) Beers, D.G. MISPILLION. KENT CO. DEL.
Philadelphia Pomeroy & Beers 1868 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet
Map of Mispillion, Kent County, Delaware. Map contains inset maps and directories of businesses in Vernon and Farmington. Map scale 1 inch to the mile and inset maps 40 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 57), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother Silas operated in Philadelphia, the center of atlas publication in the United States, until he moved to New York City in 1868. Beers and his family produced detailed maps of many Northeastern states, cities, and counties until the 1880s, when the United States began to systematize mapping practices, and mapmaking moved out of private publication (Mano, Jo Margaret). Engraved by Worley & Bracher of Philadelphia and printed by Fred Bourquin. Maps in color.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93343

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