Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (6), 85 pages with 2 fold out maps. Text in German. Listing 91 map makers and maps from 1500-1570. With 2 fold out leaves showing 32 map examples. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Wrappes slightly soiled, top corner bumped. READ MORE about DIE ENTWICKLUNG DER KARTOGRAPHIE VON AMERIKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104423
Conferencia pronunciada en la Fundacion Universitaria Española el dia 21 de marzo de 1974
Madrid: Fundacion Universitaria Española, 1974. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 37+ (1), followed by 24 pages of illustrations. Conferencia pronunciada en la Fundacion Universitaria Española el dia 21 de marzo de 1974. Stamped " Cortesia de Carlos Sanz" on the title page. Includes black-and-white maps, letters and other printed documents regarding exploration and travel in the 16th century. In Spanish. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock..... READ MORE about HACIA EL DESCUBRIMIENTO DEL VERDADERO SER DE LA HISTORIA?
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 91680
Buenos Aires: Julio Suarez, 1941. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 175, (3) pages. First edition, numbered. A guide by a library science professor for organizing map libraries (not to mention printed map catalogues) the proper way! With tables for determining scale, a polyglot glossary, and a decimal classification scheme. Unopened pages. READ MORE about GUIA PARA ORGANIZACION, FICHADO Y CATALOGACION DE MAPOTECAS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 50627
A Guide to Values Wall Maps, Folding Maps, Atlases & Maps from Atlases. A Priced Listing of Maps of America, The United States and Territories by American Commercial Cartographers 1795-1895
Ann Arbor: K.A. Sheets, 1994. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 160. A Guide to Values Wall Maps, Folding Maps, Atlases & Maps from Atlases. A Priced Listing of Maps of America, The United States and Territories by American Commercial Cartographers 1795-1895. Illustrated. Includes several lists of maps & atlases followed by a bibliography. White dust jacket is very slightly soiled at the edges. READ MORE about AMERICAN MAPS 1795-1895
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 92957
Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 178 pages. Catalogue of more than 700 maps in the principal map collection (MG 11) in the Division of Archives and Manuscripts/Pennsylvania State Archives, accumulated since 1903. Detailed descriptions of maps: topographic, boundary, geological, park and recreation, military and battlefield, and an unusual collection of panoramic or "bird's eye maps of cities and boroughs. With a separate checklist arranged by category. Jacket..... READ MORE about DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE MAP COLLECTION IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE ARCHIVES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 74723
An Analytical Carto-bibliography
Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas Libraries, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 137+(3) pages. An Analytical Carto-bibliography. 254 items well-indexed in this bibliography. Corners bumped. Edges tanned. READ MORE about MAPS OF THE 16TH TO 19TH CENTURIES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LIBRARIES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 97490
(Washington, DC): U.S. Geological Survey, (1989). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 249+(1) pages. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper No. 45. Table of contents, six appendices, selected biblipgraphy, index. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about AN ALBUM OF MAP PROJECTIONS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 122232
London, England: Sotheby's, 1997. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 83, (13) pages. Auction, November 17, 1997. 716 lots. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about PRINTED BOOKS AND MAPS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131631
New York: Oxford University Press, (1995). 4to. paper-covered boards. 303, (1) pages. Includes major names and events in mapmaking as well as in-depth descriptions of mapmaking. Three appendices include important dates in mapmaking history, organizations and publications related to maps, and collections and exhibits of maps. Liberally illustrated with black-and-white and color illustrations. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Excellent condition. READ MORE about THE YOUNG OXFORD COMPANION TO MAPS AND MAPMAKING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 99001
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1986). 8vo. printed paper covered boards. xv, 431 map illustrations. First edition. Atlas of computer-drawen maps and tables for all total and annular eclipses of the sun in East Asia in the 3,400 years from 1500 BC to AD 1900. With 431 map illustrations and tables .Boards are slightly soiled. READ MORE about ATLAS OF HISTORICAL ECLIPSE MAPS: EAST ASIA 1500 BC-AD 1900
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 104477
Based upon Greek and Latin Manuscripts and Important Late Fifteenth- and Early Sixteenth-Century Printed Editions, Including Reproductions of the Maps from the Ebner Manuscript, ca. 1460.
New York: The New York Public Library, 1932. folio. half leather, cloth, five raised bands, cardboard box with paper cover label. xvi, 167 pages, and 29 plates. Based upon Greek and Latin Manuscripts and Important Late Fifteenth- and Early Sixteenth-Century Printed Editions, Including Reproductions of the Maps from the Ebner Manuscript, ca. 1460. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Printed on Charing handmade paper. Designed by John Archer. Collotypes by Max Jafeé. Introduction by Professor Joseph..... READ MORE about GEOGRAPHY OF CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 104064
Karlsruhe: G. Braun, (1974). 4to. printed cloth covered boards. (xv), 252 pages with xii plates. Foreword by Franz Anselm Schmitt. Catalogue of maps to 1800, covering Africa, Asia, Australia, America and Europe. Listed by country and by maker within the country. With twelve black-and-white plates and an index of names. Inscription on front free endpaper. Boards slightly soiled. READ MORE about KATALOG DER ALTEN LANDKARTEN IN DER BADISCHEN LANDESBIBLIOTHEK KARLSRUHE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 104322
New York: American Geographical Society, 1922. 12mo. cloth, title and author gilt-stamped on spine and front board. iv, 191+(1) pages. (Besterman 2472). American Geographical Research Series No. 9. Entries contain title, publication information, location of area covered, scale, size and number of formations mapped. Appendix of "maps not seen." Index of authors, foldout index map laid in. Ex library with library bookplate on front pastedown, library name perforated on title page, and markings.Covers soiled. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF GEOLOGICAL MAPS OF SOUTH AMERICA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107889
Editor Josephine French.
(Riverside, CT): Early World Press, 2001. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. vi, 462 pages. Editor Josephine French. Revised edition containing almost twice the entries of the 1979 edition. This volume covers the letters E to J. READ MORE about TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS, REVISED EDITION, E-J
Price: $47.50 Order nr. 103876
Sacramento, CA: Landmark Enterprises, (1977). 8vo. quarter paper-covered boards, cloth, dust jacket. (xviii), 315 pages. Second edition. Francois D. Uzes began his surveying career in Califiornia in 1954. As head of the Boundry Determination Unit, he was responsible for inventorying, surveying, mapping and determining the boundaries of four and a half million acres of state-owned land. He was also a collector of old surveying books and maps. Contains appendices and an index, and black-and-white illustrations..... READ MORE about CHAINING THE LAND: A HISTORY OF SURVEYING IN CALIFORNIA
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 103931
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. Twee inleidende studies bij een kleine tentoonstelling van de Dr. P.A. Tiele-Stichting. Information on this Dutch mapmaker. Some fading of covers. READ MORE about IN OFFICINA IOANNIS BLAEV
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107339
A descriptive catalogue of cartographical material published in Amsterdam during the seventeenth century.
Waaggebouw: Amsterdams Historisch Museum, 1967. square 8vo. paper covered boards. 128 pages. A descriptive catalogue of cartographical material published in Amsterdam during the seventeenth century. An catalogue compiled for the exhibition at the occasion of the International Conference on Cartography in Amsterdam, April 1967. It is comprised of material from public collections in the Netherlands with the introductions printed in English as well as Dutch, and the commentaries on the exhibits in English. It includes..... READ MORE about THE WORLD ON PAPER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 58549
San Francisco: The Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-1963. folio. two-toned cloth. xiv, 264; xiii, 281; xiii, 260; xix, 222; (iv), 223-487 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 sets. Designed by The Grabhorn Press. Vol. I was printed by the Grabhorn Press; Vols. 2-5 were printed by Taylor & Taylor & James Printing from the Grabhorn design. Wheat, the well-known California historian, undertook this work in an effort to trace the opening of the American West..... READ MORE about MAPPING THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST, 1540-1861
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 103921
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. small 4to. cloth spine, boards, dust jacket. xi, 414, (4) pages. First edition, second printing. A comprehensive history of cartography from Medieval times to the space age. Includes a bibliographical list of reference books on the subject. READ MORE about THE MAPMAKERS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 9598
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. small 4to. two toned cloth, dust jacket. xi, 414, (4) pages. First edition. A comprehensive history of cartography from Medieval times to the space age. Includes a bibliographical list of reference books on the subject. Small closed tear at top of front cover of jacket. READ MORE about THE MAPMAKERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 70969
N.P. n.p., 1957. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp.3-30. Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol.101, No.1, February, 1957. Well-illustrated. Inscribed on front cover "With cordial regards" and with an ownership inscription "Curt F. Bühler. 25. iv. 57." READ MORE about ARCADIA IN AMERICA
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 94925
A catalogue of maps of North Carolina on Exhibit at North Carolina Wesleyan College... and An Essay on the historical background of the cartography of North Carolina and on the events and developments which the maps portray.
(Rocky Mount, NC): North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1996. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 92, (2) pages. A catalogue of maps of North Carolina on Exhibit at North Carolina Wesleyan College... and An Essay on the historical background of the cartography of North Carolina and on the events and developments which the maps portray. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Detailed bibliographical descriptions. READ MORE about TAR HEEL MAPS: COLONY AND STATE, 1590-1995
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 105769
Relating chiefly to England, Scotland and Wales in the National Art Library Victoria and Albert Museum
(Manchester): (Victoria and Albert Museum), 1977. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ii, 88 pages. Relating chiefly to England, Scotland and Wales in the National Art Library Victoria and Albert Museum. Black and white illustrations throughout this 266 item list. A complete index is included at the back of the volume. Partial paper loss along the spine, with large tears at the head and heel. Wrappers are mildly worn with some light staining, edges of pages lightly..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRE-19TH CENTURY TOPOGRAPHICAL WORKS INCLUDING FACSIMILE EDITIONS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 93984
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1999. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 28 pages. Occasional Paper Series, No.2. Illustrated. Preface by Elizabeth U. Mangan. READ MORE about THE NAPOLEONIC WAR IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES: AN ESSAY AND CARTOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MINTO COLLECTION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105917
The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography Occasional Publication No. 4.
Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (xiii), 21 plates, 60 pages. The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography Occasional Publication No. 4. This volume is a descriptive bibliography of the map maker Paolo Forlani, who was active in sixteenth-century Italy. It includes 144 items with 21 black-and-white illustrations, a list of references, an index of persons named and a geographical index. Minor soiling on covers with some dents on..... READ MORE about THE MAPS AND PRINTS OF PAOLO FORLANI
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 103988
