The Mapping of America
The Mapping of America R. V. Tooley Publisher:Holland Press Cartographica.2 & North American Distribution by W. Graham Arader III. 1980. Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, some soiling commensurate with age. This second volume in the Holland Press Cartographica series follows the style and format of volume one. Several of the articles are contributed by Ronald Tooley's friends: Coolie Verner with his Yorktown Campaign and Smith's Virginia; Tony Campbell's revised article on the Jansson-Visscher Maps of New England; Stevens and Tree's Comparative Geography and Skelton's Marine Survey's of James Cook in North America, 1758-1768. Most of the articles were previously published in the Map Collectors Series. An occasional correction or addition has been added, two new articles by Tooley included on The Mapping of the Great Lakes and the identification of the Maps of America in the various editions of the Theatrum of Ortelius respectively, and a comprehensive index to all the numbers and plates supplied. PREFACE: This second volume in the Holland Press Cartographica follows the style and format of volume 1 but has this difference: several of the articles are contributed by my friends; Coolie Verner with his Yorktown Campaign and Smith's Virginia; Tony Campbell's Jansson-Visscher Maps of New England based on a collection of 14 issues which I had formed at that time; Stevens and Trees Comparative Geography; and Skelton's Marine Surveys of James Cook in North America, 1758-1768. This contribution was inspired by many of Cook's early surveys that I had in my possession including the rare collection of charts of Newfoundland and Labrador. Most of the articles appeared in the Map Collectors Series. An occasional correction or addition has been added, two new articles included and a comprehensive index to all the numbers supplied. My thanks as usual are due to my publishers for their pleasant presentation and to those who consult the volume. I hope they may find it useful and enjoy the pleasure that is to be had from the perusal and study of old maps. London July 1979 R. V. Tooley
The Sea Chart
The Sea Chart Howse Derek & Michael Sanderson Publisher: David & Charles: Newton Abbot 1973. Size: 11" x 9" (280mm x 230mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Introduction by Rear-Admiral G S Ritchie Cb DSC. No book can discuss and illustrate all the contributions to our knowledge of marine cartography over the centuries. But here, the authors have succinctly pointed to the significant developments in the history of chart making by commenting in detail on sixty of the more interesting examples of charts drawn from one of the world's richest collections, the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Every major nation involved in ocean hydrography is covered, as are many areas of the world. Their work is illustrated by reproduction in both colour and black and white of beautifully executed manuscript and printed charts, which range over five centuries of history. An historical introduction by an acknowledged authority sets the whole story in accurate perspective. Detailed bibliographies to each commentary and a comprehensive index add to the great value of a work that will become a standard reference to maritime historians and geographers.
Medieval Maps by P.D.A. Harvey
Medieval Maps Harvey, P.D.A. Publisher:The British Library 1991 Size: 11.25" x 8.75" (285mm x 223mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good In the middle ages maps were little used and their function, as we know it today, was scarcely understood. However, those that survive offer a vivid picture of the medieval view - both of the world and of particular areas and places. They reveal not only the extent of geographical knowledge but also the historical and theological ideas that informed the work of the mapmakers and their patrons. In this book, Professor Harvey traces the development of western mapmaking from the early middle ages to the first printed maps of the late 15th century. He discusses the various traditions of these maps, their artistic and technical achievements, and the purposes they served. The book is generously illustrated with reproductions of maps from the major collections of the world.
Maps and Map Makers
Maps and Map Makers 1970 R.V. Tooley Publisher: Bonanza Books, Crown Publishing by B.T. Batsford Ltd. Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The improvements to this new edition of Maps and Map-Makers include many additions to the Bibliographies and Lists of Maps; a number of additional illustrations; and a completely fresh chapter on the Maps of the Scandinavian Countries. 'This is the most comprehensive book and the most attractive on maps ever written.'- S. P. B.MAIS in The Oxford Mail. '...a magnificently illustrated study of map-making from the earliest times to the mid nineteenth century. - The Daily Telegraph. 'It is the first really extensive catalogue raisonné on its subject.'- New Statesman and Nation. 'No book quite like Maps and Map-Makers, nor so useful in its way, has ever been published in England. Nor have we any work on this subject so well or so generously illustrated, for it contains nearly a hundred large plates, several of them in colour. It has come very opportunely.'- Dr EDWARD LYNAM in The Spectator. 'This is the most comprehensive book on maps yet published in England' - The Times (Weekly Edition). 'Amateur collectors will find this book most useful; experts, librarians and booksellers will hardly be able to dispense with it as a reference book.' - The American Geographical Magazine.
Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800
Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800 A Bibliography - Revised Edition. James Clements Wheat and Christian F. Brun Publisher: Holland Press Cartographica.3. 1978. Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. When first published in 1969 by Yale University Press, this Bibliography represented the first attempt to describe the entire known cartographical contribution of the American press prior to 1800 and as such provided an exhaustive and annotated listing of great value to the historian and cartographer. The dramatic increase in the study and collection of early maps and charts has inspired a new edition of Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800 with revisions undertaken by Christian Brun in the form of a new annotated Preface, listing several American printed maps not included in the original 1969 listing. The book includes not only the maps and charts published separately but also those used as illustrations in books and pamphlets and from other sources such as atlases, gazetteers, almanacs, and magazines. Intended originally as a descriptive list of American printed maps and charts in the William L. Clements Library of American History, University of Michigan, the project was enlarged to include all such maps located in the original map collections of the United States and Great Britain. Not all the maps are of the immediate American scene, many covering the World, Europe, Asia and Africa. A number of the maps described are relatively famous milestones in the history of American cartography: John Foster's map of New England,1677: John Bonner's map of Boston, 1722, the first American town plan; the James Lyme survey of New York City, published in 1735; and perhaps the most famous map published before the American Revolution, Lewis Evans "A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America of I755. Other well-known maps published before and following the Revolution are included as well as a number of maps never before recorded or noted only in very specialised sources difficult to obtain. Individual map descriptions are arranged by geographical and political area beginning with the maps of the world. The work, which is further enhanced by the inclusion of facsimiles of eighteen rare maps of the period, will provide a reliable reference to future carto-bibliographical research for both librarian, bookdealer, and private collector.
Antique Maps of Wales
Antique Maps of Wales Booth, John Publisher: Cambridge House Books, Westbury, Wiltshire 1978 Second Edition. Size: 10.25" x 8" (260mm x 204mm). Antique Maps of Wales is intended as an introduction to the fascinating and profitable pastime of map-collecting for the reader with a particular interest in the Principality. In this book the author, himself a keen collector, reviews some of the more interesting maps in his own collection, commencing with the first individual map of Wales ever published. It was taken from a manuscript prepared by Humphrey Lhuyd of Denbigh and issued by Abraham Ortelius in Amsterdam in 1573. The reader is introduced to the hand engraving techniques and methods used in the production of early maps, as well as to information on how to identify the various editions and their publication dates. The illustrations provide an intriguing look at the development of Welsh mapping from the time of the Spanish Armada to the mid 19th Century. This book is intended as an introduction to antique map collecting for the reader with a particular interest in the Principality.
County Atlases of the British Isles
County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1703 Skelton R.A. Sometime Superintendent of the Map Room in the British Museum and Honoray Secretary of the Hakluyt Society. Publisher: Carta Press 1970 Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. County Atlases of the British Isles is a new work both in substance and in form. It is designed as an aid to the study of the evolution of the English county atlas by establishing the genetic relationship between atlases, by tracing the history and successive users of map-plates, and by providing descriptions in such detail as to enable loose sheets, single maps, to be assigned to the atlas in which they were originally issued. In the text of the descriptive notices, Dr Skelton breaks away from the older plan whereby all editions of an atlas are described under the first mention, and, instead, enters each atlas under its date of publication with appropriate cross references. There are detailed collations and discussions of the history of 124 atlases. Included also are biographies of map makers and map publishers, a number of tables and 43 full pages of illustra- tions, all designed to make County Atlases of the British Isles as comprehensive as possible and to facilitate the identification of editions, impressions, re-issues and variants. A section of particular value is that on the history of the English map trade during the Tudor and Stuart periods. This original contribution to the subject is made from systematic examination of original documents such as map-sellers catalogues and wills. Important too are the three separate, comprehensive indexes: of persons, subjects, and titles. Scholars, librarians and collectors of county maps and atlases will find DrSkelton's authoritative book an indispensable reference work of permanent value.
Mercator by A.S. Osley
Mercator A monograph on the lettering of maps, etc in the 16th century Netherlands with a facsimile and translation of his treatise on the italic hand and a translation of Ghim's VITA MERCATORIS. With a forward by R. A. Skelton Osley A. S. Publisher: Faber & Faber London 1969 Size: 11.25" x 8.75" (285mm x 225mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. GERARD MERCATOR is generally conceded to be the greatest geographer of the 16th century. Every schoolboy knows Mercator's Projection. His skill as an engraver and letterer is, perhaps, less widely known, though professional calligraphers have long admired his little treatise on the italic script with wood-blocks cut by himself), which was published in 1540. Dr A. S. Osley has examined the origins of the italic hand in the Netherlands as well as Mercator's own practice. He demonstrates the influence which Mercator's revolutionary example exercised in the Low Countries not only on the lettering of maps and globes, but also on book production, scientifıc instruments and picture engraving. This monograph casts a new and unsuspected light on Mercator. Also included is a facsimile of the first edition of Mercator's treatise on lettering Literarum Latinarum.... scribendi ratio. This edition is very rare and is the only complete one. The text is accompanied by an English translation made by Dr Osley. This is followed by his translation of Walter Ghim's contemporary biography of Mercator, the Vita Mercatoris, which is both a primary source for the geographer's life and an affectionate portrait of a gentle and lovable humanist. These are the first translations of these works to be printed in English. There are 60 pages of illustrations, the majority not hitherto shown, and the book concludes with a census of the editions of Mercator's treatise. Mr R. A. Skelton, FSA, a former Superintendent of the Map Room at the British Museum, has contributed a Foreword.
Collectors Guide to Maps of Africa 1969
Collectors Guide to Maps of The African Continent and Southern Africa Tooley R.V. Publisher: Carta Press 1969 Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Mr. Tooley, a recognised authority on the subject, has written this book for collectors of printed maps of Africa, Southern Africa and the Cape. One of the major problems confronting the collector is that of identifying the maps he collects. This is often difficult, for many maps lack the maker's name, the date, the publisher or other helpful detail. Owing to the practices of map publishers in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, attributions of a very large number of maps and their identification is today a matter for the expert. The original metal plates from which maps were printed often came into the hands of publishers either by purchase or inheritance, and were changed by deletions, additions, corrections or a combination of all three: in addition, plagiarism, seldom accurate, was widespread. In this book Mr Tooley lists and describes nearly 500 maps in such detail as to facilitate identification. He gives the full title, maker's name-often a short biography-size, date, edition or re-issue, significant internal changes and variations. In addition, as an indispensable visual aid to identification the book contains more than 100 full-page reproductions of maps, six in full colour. The Introduction discusses many aspects of map production of considerable value to the collector. While the emphasis is on maps of Africa, much of the information is of real help in identifying maps of other parts of the world since many of them are from general atlases and the information given by Mr. Tooley is often applicable. Not only collectors, but librarians and book sellers will find COLLECTORS' GUIDE TO MAPS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND SOUTHERN AFRICA an essential reference work of permanent value.
The Exploration of North America 1630-1776
The Exploration of North America 1630-1776 a companion volume to The Discovery of North America. Cumming W.P, S.Hillier, D.B. Quinn, G. Williams. Publisher: Paul Elek London 1974 Size: 12" x 9.25" (305mm x 235mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The expanding panorama of a moving frontier is the scope of this volume, like its predecessor, a compelling recreation of a new land and its impact on the men who found it. For the first time the powerful multinational expansion of colonial North America is comprehensively portrayed on a continental scale through carefully documented historical commentary linked to original narratives by traders, frontiersmen, priests and soldiers and a superb range of contemporary maps, drawings and pictures, many never before reproduced. By 1630 Europeans had established settlements on the eastern and southern fringes of North America, but the extent of the huge continent, discovered nearly a century and a half earlier, had scarcely begun to be appreciated. The interior was strange, forbidding, and virtually unknown. By the end of the period covered in this volume, the self-confident and prosperous Atlantic seaboard colonies were on the verge of declaring formal independence and, except for the remote areas of the north and northwest, the general configuration of the continent was known. In the intervening 150 years the trails of the explorers had crisscrossed vast areas of America. The amount of discovery literature published during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is enormous, and ranges from the articulate reports contained in the Jesuit Relations to the rough but graphic accounts of traders. The aims of the explorers' journeys varied: exploitation of the fur trade, determination to claim new territories, missionary zeal, the quest for the western ocean, and, in the end, delineation of boundaries. But whatever their motives, the explorers' narratives are full of vivid descriptions of great rivers, seemingly endless plains, snow-capped mountains, lakes like inland seas and, above all, the customs and curiosities of the numerous Indian peoples and the super-abundance of animal and plant life. Each chapter of this book is prefaced by a historical survey of the opening up of new land and the main routes followed. In the contemporary accounts certain figures stand out for the importance of their journeys or the perception of their writings: Radisson, who served both British and French in turn; La Vérendrye searching for the western ocean; La Salle on the Mississippi and the Gulf coast; Gist and Daniel Boone in Kentucky; Pérea and Cook on the northwest coast; Escalante in the western interior. The experience of these men is not only richly informative but makes highly entertaining and absorbing narrative in its own right. 400 plates of which 47 are in colour The illustrations on the jacket are from the map, 'A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the king of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America', 1715, in The World Discovered, by Herman Moll, 1708-20. (Collection: W. P. Cumming: photography by Earl Lawrimore).
The Discovery of North America
The Discovery of North America Cumming W.P, R.A. Skelton, D.B. Quinn. Publisher: Paul Elek London 1971 Size: 12" x 9.25" (305mm x 235mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This volume presents the discovery and exploration of the North American continent, from the earliest references down to the first permanent settlements, as described by the explorers themselves and delineated by contemporary Europeans. The vivid narratives of those who first sailed along its coasts, penetrated the unknown interior with its primeval forests, wide rivers, and hostile inhabitants, man and beast, are richly supplemented by the drawings of the explorers and by the conceptions of the land which they brought back to European mapmakers and artists. The geographical misconceptions of the discoverers, strange and absurd as they seem to us now, were exciting, stimulating, and often disastrous to the adventurers who came to seek wealth or freedom or glory in the new land. The illustrations are taken from rare contemporary records, manuscript and engraved maps, and original paintings of the period. Each section of the volume has an introductory historical essay which binds together the original narratives and the accompanying illustrations: the possible pre-Columbian explorations, the emerging knowledge of the east coast from Cabot to Cartier, the Spanish penetration of the southern interior and discoveries along the west coast, the sixteenth-century attempts at colonisation, the search for a North-west Passage, and the beginnings of permanent settlement in the early seventeenth century. Among the early explorers, some were officially appointed to make discoveries : John Cabot, who held a patent for his first voyage from Henry Vl of England, was one. Others, like Francis Drake on his voyage of 1578-9, were engaged in the opening up of trade, although exploration and plunder were subsidiary activities. The epic wanderings of the Spanish into the interior were stimulated by the lure of supposed immense riches, like those already plundered from South America. The narratives of these amazingly tenacious explorers, such as de Soto and Coronado, are in sharp contrast to those written by the men who came to colonise and settle. At Fort Caroline, the French colony under Laudonnière included the artist Le Moyne, and the many engravings of his paintings, reproduced with his own comments, provide a lively picture of Indian life and customs. From the English settlement of 1585 in Virginia come the paintings of John White and the accompanying notes of Thomas Harriot, settler, mathematician and scientist. But the hope of finding a shorter route to Cathay and the Spice Islands was so persistent that men like Frobisher and Davis made several voyages to the far north in search of a North-west Passage, and Henry Hudson died in that search. The book is an Anglo-American partnership; the authors are authorities in their fields. Professor W.P. Cumming is the author of The Southeast in early maps and numerous other books and articles on colonial American history and cartography: as Guggenheim Fellow, he spent a year in European libraries and archives searching for and examining documents and maps relating to the colonial period of North America. The late Dr R.A. Skelton, former superintendent of the British Museum Map Room, long honorary secretary of the Hakluyt Society, editor of Imago Mundi, was the author of Explorers' Maps, The Vinland Map, and other works. His sudden death occurred within a week of his final examination of the proofs of this work, and it ended a career which established his pre-eminence throughout the world in the history of exploration and cartography. Professor D.B. Quinn, Andrew Geddes and John Rankin Professor of Modern History at Liverpool University, is an authority on the history of discovery and has written numerous books and articles, including Sir Humphrey Gilbert and The Roanoke Voyages for the Hakluyt Society. 370 plates of which 75 are in colour
Voyages & Travel Volume One - SOLD!
Voyages & Travel Volume One National Maritime Museum Catalogue of the Library. Publisher: National Maritime Museum Catalogue of the Library & HMSO London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1968 Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, aged, some light scuffing. This work is the first volume in a series, which together will form a complete catalogue of the Library of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. It is not simply a list of books; the aim throughout has been to provide extensive annotation and a chronological method of arrangement, enabling the reader to see the extent of printed material available in his chosen field. Supporting the main text are comprehensive subject and ship indexes. In this volume, comprising works on Voyages and Travel, the progress of maritime exploration from the Vikings to the present day has been surveyed. A special feature of the work is the inclusion of chronological tables of voyages at the beginning of each geographical section. Forthcoming volumes in the series will include Biography, Atlases and Cartography, Shipping Companies, Naval History, and Piracy. (Jacket) The arrest of Christopher and Bartholomew Columbus by Bobadilla, August 1500, after which they were sent back to Spain in chains. From de Bry: Americae, pars IV'.
Bleau's Grand Atlas 17th Century - Sold!
Blaeu's The Grand Atlas of the 17th Century World INTRODUCTION BY JOHN GOSS, FOREWORD BY PETER CLARK, KEEPER(1989-92), ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. Publisher: Royal Geographical Society London 1997 Size: 14.5" x 11.25" (370mm x 285mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. With 100 colour maps. This edition of Blaeu's 17th-century atlas includes the finest maps selected from the original nine volumes. These contained almost 600 maps, covering the entire world as it was known at that time. John Goss has supplied extended captions for the benefit of a modern readership. JOAN BLAEU'S THE ATLAS MAJOR, first published in 1662, is still the largest atlas ever produced. Over six hundred maps portray the world as it was known in the middle of the 17th century with its great empires, far-off exotic kingdoms and lands of legend. The embellishment and decoration of these maps, unsurpassed in their beauty and sumptuous detail, bring to life a long-lost age of mapmaking. THE ATLAS MAJOR was the most expensive book sold in the 17th century. Published in an original edition of about three hundred copies, the atlas was not only functional, but it was also the great showpiece of the Amsterdam mapmaker's art. Copies were presented to kings and emperors (the French edition was dedicated to Louis XIV, The Sun King, and his finance minister, Colbert) and were bought by wealthy noblemen and merchants to display at home and impress their rivals. Only a few copies survive today and these command prices at auction well out of the reach of all but the wealthiest collector. This edition contains one hundred of the most important maps in the atlas reproduced using the finest modern techniques from the volume held in the map room of the Royal Geographical Society in London. Each map is accompanied by extended captions providing historical information and source details and there is a thorough introduction outlining the life of Joan Blaeu and his printing premises on the Bloemgracht in Amsterdam. With all the charm and exquisite detail of the original, this new edition will allow map-lovers and anyone interested in the territorial boundaries of the 17th-century world to enjoy this most celebrated of atlases.
Guide to British Topographical Prints
Guide to British Topographical Prints Russell. R, Publisher: David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1979 Size: 9.75" x 7.5" (245mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good some general scuff marks and inscription to inside facing cover. Until the advent of photography, engravings and etchings were the only means by which people could learn about the appearance of the scenery, great houses and ancient monuments of their land. The years between 1730 and 1870 were the great age of the topographical print, from the copper plates illustrating explorers' journeys into remote Wales and the Lake District and the many volumes of antiquities of the British Isles, the beautiful aquatints of picturesque views and architectural splendours, the engravings after the superb landscape watercolours of J M W Turner, and the lithographs of the early railway era, to the steel engravings showing the popular resorts of the later Victorian decades. Some of these plates are now rare and expensive collectors items,while others can still be bought for a pound or two. They are invaluable records of changing scenes and changing tastes. This book guides the reader through the period, discussing the various techniques employed, the work of the artists who made the original sketches and the craftsmen who interpreted them with the graver or etching needle. There are over 50 illustrations covering a wide range of subjects and methods, annotated lists of painters and engravers, detailed bibliographies and explanations of methods of print-making. It makes a fascinating introduction for all who are interested in pictures and in the past.
Discovering Antique Maps
Discovering Antique Maps Hodgkiss. A.G, Publisher: Shire Publications 1971 Size: 7" x 3.5" (175mm x 90mm). Softcover. Condition: Good, small tear to lower right corner. Dust Jacket Condition: None. It is hard to believe that there is anyone who is unmoved by early maps-whose interest remains unstirred by a Speed county map, or whose imagination fails to respond to a 17th century map of far-off lands. There are certainly many people who like to have a framed antique map on the wall of their living-room simply for its decorative qualities and early maps are undoubtedly very attractive when displayed in this way. They have, however, so much more to offer than mere decoration. They epitomise the geographical knowledge and the customs of their day; their ornamentation reflects contemporary artistic style and taste; their colouring is often brilliant; the development of the techniques by which they were made is full of interest; so too are the mapmakers themselves, men such as Mercator-geographer, instrument maker, engraver and scribe, at one time accused of being a heretic, inventor of the projection which bears his name and the man who used the word 'atlas' for the first time to denote a bound collection of maps-or John Ogilby, who introduced the still popular 'strip-map' method of depicting roads in 1675, and whose varied career and talents made him one of the more colourful personalities in British mapmaking. If this small book can do anything towards persuading an unbeliever of the attractions of early maps or, alternatively, add to the enjoyment of the converted it will have achieved its purpose.
Antique Maps and their Makers
Antique Maps and their Makers - 4th Edition. Crone. G.R. Formerly Librarian and Map Curator, royal Geographic Society. Publisher: Hutchinson University Library 1968 Size: 8.25" x 5.255" (210mm x 135mm). Paperback cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION In the fifteen years since the first edition considerable progress has been made in the techniques of cartography, and much work has been carried out in the field of historical cartography. The resetting of the text has given an opportunity to revise and expand it. I have to thank the editor for allowing the inclusion of illustrations which convey something of the style of early printed maps. October 1968 G.R.C. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION A map can be considered from several aspects, as a scientific report, a historical document, a research tool, and an object of art. In this outline I have endeavoured to balance these considerations, and to regard maps as products of a number of processes and influences. Severe selection of topics has been necessary, and many of considerable interest have had to be omitted. In particular, oriental cartography is not dealt with, nor is the cartography of individual countries. My aim has been to indicate the main stages of cartographic development to which many countries have contributed in turn. The scope of this series does not permit extensive illustrations, I have therefore given in an appendix a list of the more important volumes of map reproductions. The best reproductions, however, are no substitute for the originals, and the only way to study them satisfactorily is by personal inspection-though this is a counsel of perfection in present conditions. I owe a debt of gratitude to the colleagues and friends with whom at various times I have discussed much of the subject matter of this book: in particular to Professor E. G. R. Taylor, Professor R. Almagià, Dr A. Z. Cortesão, and M. Marcel Destombes; to those in charge of the great map collections, particularly Mlle M. Foncin, Conservateur des Cartes, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, and Mr R. A. Skelton, Superintendent, Map Room, British Museum; and my colleagues, past and present, at the Royal Geographical Society. They have of course no responsibility for any errors or shortcomings on my part. The outline maps were drawn by Mrs P. S. Verity of the R.G.S. Drawing Ofice. G.R.C
Ptolemy's Geography by Henry N.Stevens
Ptolemy's Geography. Stevens. Henry, N. Publisher: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM LTD 1972. Size: 8.75" x 6" (225mm x 150mm). Paperback cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF ALL THE PRINTED EDITIONS DOWN TO I730 WITH NOTES ON SOME IMPORTANT VARIATIONS OBSERVED IN THAT OF ULM 1482 INCLUDING THE RECENT DISCoVERY OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED MAP OF THE WORLD YET KNOWN ON MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL cONCEPTIONS IN WHICH SOME ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DEPART FROM ANCIENT TRADITIONS. By HENRY N. STEVENS, F.R.G.S. - Second Edition. 1908
Gilded Scenes and Shinning Prospects
Gilded Scenes and Shinning Prospects - Panoramic Views of British Towns 1575 - 1900 Hyde. R. Publisher: Yale Center for British Art 1985. Size: 8.25" x 11.75" (210mm x 300mm). Paperback cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: none. "Wheresoe're I turn my ravished eyes," wrote an enraptured Joseph Addison while traveling in Italy in 1701, "gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise." This volume deals with the shining prospects of British cities that enraptured so many artists between 1575, when Hoefnagel's portrait of Oxford appeared in Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum, and 1900, by which time the Graphic newspaper ceased publishing panorama giveaways. Almost all the examples of prospects included in this volume are prints. Those few paintings and drawings which are illustrated and described all had engravings made after them. For this limitation we make no apologies. Prospects and panoramas of towns were essentially manifestations of civie pride. There was virtually no call for oils, which by their nature were likely to be individual. When patronage from City Fathers was forthcoming, when the existence of an antiquarian market could be identified, or when panoramas could be effective in enticing visitors to watering places, multiple copies of the artist's image were what was called for. That meant line engravings, aquatints, lithographs, and wood engravings.Civic chauvinism long dictated the prospect's form. Indeed, for the first two hundred years of the prospect's existence most complied with an unwritten iconographie canon. The title appeared on a banderole held aloft by putti in the center of the sky. The royal arms, flamboyantly emblazoned, appeared at top left, and the arms of the city portrayed were represented proudly at top right. At the bottom was a key to references. There was also a panegyric lauding the city's fine churches, the range of its industries, the vigor of its trade, and the sobriety of its citizens. And there was a dedication to the lord mayor, the aldermen, the sheriffs, and the common council, who doubtless would have contributed from the civic purse for the engraving of the copperplate. In prospects and panoramas of British towns one finds no slums, no open sewers, no evidence of crime or poverty. Fine architectural landmarks predominate. Where smoke hangs over the townscape, one may be sure it has been positioned there by the artist to obscure those districts he has recorded inadequately.Town prospects are almost always gilded.
Printed Maps of London 1553-1850 - SOLD!
Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850 Darlington, Ida & James Howgego with Forward by R. A. Skelton Publisher: George Phillip & Sons 1964 Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good some edge tears and scuffing. Students and amateurs of cartography and of London's history and topography have long been handicapped by the total lack of any comprehensive descriptive key to the wealth of printed maps that have survived from the sixteenth century onwards. Here, for the first scholarly catalogue of maps of London, listed in chronological order of their first appearance. Each entry gives exact details of title, size, extent, scale, key, decorative features, etc., and present location, and is followed by a careful collation of later editions, with all information necessary for identification, and of derivatives, reproductions and facsimiles. The catalogue itself is preceded by an introductory survey of London map-making and publishing in which problems of provenance, dating and authorship are discussed. An attractive and useful feature of the book is the selection of photographic reproductions from some of the most interesting maps. Written and compiled by two London librarians who are specialists in this subject, Printed Maps of London will become a standard work of reference and an invaluable instrument for those engaged in many fields of study.
Antique Maps & Their Cartographers - SOLD!
Antique Maps & Their Cartographers Raymond Lister Publisher: G. Bell & Sons Ltd. 1970. Size: 10" x 7.75" (255mm x 197mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Following the success of his How to identify Old Maps and Globes, now in its second printing, Raymond Lister has expanded the iterature of mapmaking still further with Antique Maps and their Cartographers. Beginning with the map-making of primitive peoples and ancient Babylonia, he intriguing history is carried through to the late nineteenth century, each chapter having its own carefully selected bibliography to enable the reader to pursue his studies further in any field in which he feels a particular interest. There is a wealth of new information which is not available from any other single source, and these fresh facts about the copious details concerning their works and the dates of their publication, are presented in such a manner that the book will be read as a fascinating story as well as being used as a reliable work of reference. To the many enthusiastic collectors of British maps Chapter V, with its generous illustrations, will have an especial appeal, but it is probable that readers whose studies have hitherto been confined to one sector only of this vast subject will be stimulated to investigate others, where great rewards await the knowledgeable collector.
British Maps of the American Revolution - Sold!
British Maps of the American Revolution Guthorn. P. J. Publisher: Philip Freneau Press Monmouth Beach N.J. 1972. Size: 12.25" x 10.25" (10mm x 260mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: N/A Overall condition good. Foreward: Cartographic history has, until recent years, invited the interest of but a small number of researchers in the United States. The select group of map historians and cartobibliographers includes not only professional geographers, historians and librarians, but also a scattering of individuals from various non-cartographic professions. Among the latter are lawyers, brokers, military leaders, physicians, college professors, clergymen, merchants, and industrialists. In collecting and perusing maps they find relaxation, enjoyment, and release from the tensions and pressures of their primary endeavours. Some among them, such as the author of this volume, have become authorities in their particular specialisations and made significant contributions to the history of American cartography. Dr. PeterJ. Guthorn, a New Jersey surgeon, has, for more than a decade, been concerned with maps of the American Revolution. In pursuing this interest he has researched the major map collections and archives in Great Britain and the United States. In 1966 Philip Freneau Press published his American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution, which described several hundred maps and presented brief sketches of their makers. The volume in hand features the cartographic contributions of British military engineers and map makers to the war for American independence. Thanks to a concerted mapping effort prior to and during the French and Indian War, British commanders had more and better maps at their disposal than did General Washington and his associates. This is evident in Dr. Guthorn's second compilation which includes the maps and biographical sketches for some 130 map makers, with descriptions of their cartographic works. The bicentennial of the American Revolution will, undoubtedly, stimulate scholarly and popular studies on various aspects of the origins of our nation. Contemporary maps are among the source materials basic to such research. Dr. Guthorn's two publications are essential guides to the contemporary cartographic resources of the period. The compiler emphasises that both lists are preiminary efforts which may contain errors and omissions. They do, nonetheless, introduce us to the maps and map makers of theAmerican Revolution. Walter W. Ristow Chief, Geography and Map Division Library of Congress
The Mapping of Australia by Tooley - SOLD!
The Mapping of Australia Tooley, R.V. with an index compiled by Douglas Matthews Publisher: Holland Press Cartographica and Richard B. Arkway. first edition (London, 1979) Volume 1 Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Notes: Inscription to inside cover and pencil dates on blank page. "This volume presents a brief historical account of the Mapping of Australia; to show its evolution from a theoretical conception to a precise fact; the slow emergence of its outline throughout the centuries; the first fixing of its exact limits on the maps of the world; followed by an alphabetical list of maps relating to Australia formerly in Mr Tooley's possession, and now reposing in the National Library in Canberra. The list is not exhaustive but a considerable body of material has been assembled to illustrate one of the most varied and interesting subjects in the whole history of regional geography. The work, which is further enhanced by the inclusion of facsimiles of 239 maps of the period, will provide a reliable reference to future carto-bibliographical research for librarian, bookdealer and private collector."
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers 1979 - SOLD
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers 1979 Compiled by R.V. Tooley with Preface by Helen Wallis, Map Librarian, The British Library Publisher: Map Collectors Publications Limited. Size: 10.25" x 7.25" (260mm x 185mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, some light cracking of dust jacket to spine. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers provides information on about twenty thousand cartographers, engravers, and publishers active from earliest times until 1900. The present work is a revised, expanded, and completed edition of the incomplete series of listings that appeared intermittently in the now discontinued "Map Collector's Circle." The Dictionary is a unique source of information about major as well as lesser-known and even obscure workers in the field from all parts of the world Europe, America, Japan. For each individual, the entry contains such essential information as nationality, span of productive years, major works, various addresses, predecessors, and successors. Also contained are many interesting highlights of cartographic history: the first maps of certain countries to appear in an atlas, the first map produced by the lithographic process, the first map issued in the U.S.A. Among the 91 illustrations are portraits of cartographers, their signatures reproduced from original autographs and pertinent documentary material. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers is an invaluable resource that will make possible the easy location of basic information much of which could previously be obtained only after laborious and extensive searching of records and documents.
Arabia in Early Maps - SOLD!
Arabia in Early Maps by Tibbetts, G R. Publisher:Falcon Oleander, Cambridge, 1978. Size: 10" x 8.5" (255mm x 215mm). Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A bibliography of maps covering the Peninsula of Arabia printed in western Europe from the invention of printing to the year 1751. 175 pp, profuse ill, including many in colour. A complete, comprehensive list covering as much topographical detail of the peninsula as possible. This book is an illustrated chronologlcal description of maps compiled and printed by western Cartographers before the time when European travellers began penetrate the Peninsula and when, because of the lack of surveys and first hand scientific accounts, material was taken at second hand from miscelaneous sources. This material often occurred as separate maps but was usually hidden in atlases or works of travel where it was difficult to locate and there have hitherto been no adequate bibliographical resources to help in locating it. Arabia in Early Maps begins with the invention of printing and the production of maps to illustrate Ptolemy's Geography and ends in 1751 with D'Anville's famous map of Asia. it was the production of D'Anville's map which emphasised to the West its ignorance of inland Arabia and led ultimately to the first Scientific expedition to Arabia (that of Niebuhr in 1761-4)and the opening of European interest in the Peninsula.
Atlases & Cartography Part 2 - SOLD!
Atlases & Cartography National Maritime Museum Part 2. National Maritime Museum Catalogue of the Library. Publisher: National Maritime Museum Catalogue of the Library & HMSO London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1971 Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, aged, some light scuffing and fraying to edges. This work is the third volume in a series, which together will form a complete catalogue of the Library of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The remarkable collection of Atlases has been catalogued in detail, with each map and chart being listed. Great care has been taken to make the reference index as comprehensive as possible, so that the user may have no difficulty in locating the place or area he seeks. The catalogue volumes on Voyages and Travel, and Biography (which is in two parts) have already been published. Forthcoming volumes in the series will include Piracy, Shipping Companies, Naval history, Navigation, Maritime Trade, Fishing, Maritime Law, Yachting and Cruising and Naval Architecture. (Jacket) Portrait of Gerard Mercator (1512-1594). The frontispiece of his Atlas sive cosmographicae... Duisburg; 1602.
Antique Maps A Collectors Guide - Sold!
Antique Maps A Collectors Guide - Third Edition. Moreland C. & David Bannister. Publisher: Phaidon Christie's limited 1989. Size: 10" x 7.75" (255mm x 200mm). Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Beautiful, evocative and historically significant, old maps are endlessly intriguing and keenly collected. First published in 1983, Antique Maps is now widely established as providing an ideal general introduction to the subject, as well as being a mine of precise information for the expert. For this third edition the authors have made revisions,incorporated new findings and added a substantial supplement of new material,including a greatly expanded listing of American cartographers. Against a general historical background, the first part of the book describes the methods of map-making from about 1470 onwards, and explains the many different types of maps produced. In Part II all the major map makers are listed, with brief biographies and details of their principal works. Organised country by country, this section provides an invaluable and easy-to-use reference to over 600 cartographers active between about 1450 and 1850. Finally, the third part of the book gives advice on the practical aspects of buying and looking after maps. The numerous illustrations provide a fascinating view of the range of maps available to the collector, while the comprehensive index will enable the reader to locate information quickly and easily. An extensive bibliography is provided. Revised and expanded, the new edition of Antique Maps continues to combine authoritative information with good value for money.
Discovering the New World - SOLD!
Discovering the New World based on the works of Theodore De Bry Edited by Michael Alexander Publisher: Harper & Row London 1976 Size: 12" x 8.5" (305mm x 215mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good some edge creasing and discoloration. Americans, as a leading art critic has said, 'may well be very odd. But they are not quite so odd as they were thought to be when news of them first got back to Europe. Few artists accompanied the sixteenth-century explorers of the new continent, but there were some. John White went off to Virginia in 1585 with Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition. Jacques Le Moyne lived among the French colonists in Florida in the 1560s. Hans Staden spent nine months as a prisoner of the Tupinamba cannibals in Brazil. And, in 1590, Theodore de Bry, a superb engraver, began to issue his thirteen volumes of Great Voyages, in which he incorporated the drawings, watercolours, and woodcuts of these men, together with those of other artists and the texts of the most articulate travellers, some of whom ranged as far as Guiana, Peru and the Straits of Magellan. In this book, Michael Alexander has made a selection from these volumes, and has edited the texts in addition to providing introductions and notes. The result is the most complete presentation of De Bry's America pictures to be published since the seventeenth century. We have here, in short, the first material to have given Europeans an accurate view of America as it was seen and recorded on the spot by the earliest observers from overseas.
Atlases & Cartography Part 1 SOLD!
Atlases & Cartography National Maritime Museum Part 1. National Maritime Museum Catalogue of the Library. Publisher: National Maritime Museum Catalogue of the Library & HMSO London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1971 Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm). Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, aged, some light scuffing and fraying to edges. This work is the third volume in a series, which together will form a complete catalogue of the Library of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The remarkable collection of Atlases has been catalogued in detail, with each map and chart being listed. Great care has been taken to make the reference index as comprehensive as possible, so that the user may have no difficulty in locating the place or area he seeks. The catalogue volumes on Voyages and Travel, and Biography (which is in two parts) have already been published. Forthcoming volumes in the series will include Piracy, Shipping Companies, Naval history, Navigation, Maritime Trade, Fishing, Maritime Law, Yachting and Cruising and Naval Architecture. (Jacket) Portrait of Gerard Mercator (1512-1594). The frontispiece of his Atlas sive cosmographicae... Duisburg; 1602. Introduction The third volume of the Library catalogue displays the skill and versatility of the mapmaker's art. As the backbone of its collection, the Library is indeed fortunate to possess the fine atlases assembled by Sir James Caird, which he bequeathed to the Museum. It is difficult to select from such a wide range of material, but certainly the Ptolemy, Mercator, Ortelius, van Keulen and Waghenaer atlases; "The English Piloť series by John Seller and others; and the magnificent collection of Des Barres "The Atlantic Neptune, formed by Henry N. Stevens, are outstanding items. The catalogue has been arranged into national groups according to cartographic schools, as their influence rose and fell through the centuries. Beginning with Ptolemy and the Renaissance cartographers, the subject has been pursued through Holland, France, Germany and Great Britain. Within each national group, the individual cartographers have been listed alphabetically. The final sections of the volume list modern and facsimile atlases and books on cartography. Since an attempt has been made to list every worthwhile map and chart in the atlases cited, the geographical references in the index have been made as full and informative as possible. In this way, it is hoped the reader will have no dificulty in finding charts and maps of the area he seeks - who made them and when. Details of map insets, plans and views have been included in this classification. As before, I thank all who have helped in the preparation of this work, in particular my colleagues in the Library David Goddard, Colin Dufield and Mrs. M. Morton. Without their devoted assistance, it could never have been accomplished. Michael Sanderson Librarian
John Ogilby's Britannia Facimile - SOLD!
Britannia Volume the First or an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales John Ogilby M DC LXXV (1675) Publisher: Alexander Duckham & Co Ltd 1939. Size: 10" x 12.5" (255mm x 320mm). Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: none. I have long been intrigued by old maps, particnlarly the Ogilby road maps. In later years I hunted for a complete set of Ogilby's work. At last I found a genuine and complete volume, which has given me untold þleasure. I wish my friends could share that pleasure with me to the full, but what is one among so many! I was happy to discover that facsimile reproduction of the maps was possible. So now, although you cannot share with me the beautiful original, I hope the small scale but faithful reproduction of the maps will pass on to you, in part, the great pleasure I have derived from Ogilby's work. On this, our 40th Birthday, I ask you to accept as a token of goodwill, this copy of something so prized by myself. December 7th, 1939 A. Duckham.
Early Printed Maps of the British Isles - SOLD!
Early Printed Maps of the British Isles - A Bibliography 1477 - 1650 Rodney Shirley - Revised Edition Publisher: Holland Press Limited 1980. Size: 10" x 7.5" (255mm x 190mm) Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with some soiling due to age. This revised edition of Early Printed Maps of the British Isles by Rodney W. Shirley brings together, as volume 5 in the Holland Press Cartographica series, the full bibliography originally published in 1973 in five parts of the Map Collectors' Circle. As a result of suggestions by collectors, dealers, and librarians, the previous addendum has been completely rewritten and brought up-to-date with more than eighty-five entries. It is hoped that wider availability of this bibliography of the early general maps of the British Isles in a convenient single volume, comprehensively indexed, will be of sustained value to all who use it.
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