destombes marcel ed (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4to (27.5 cm), XXXII, 322, [2] pp, 38 plates (some folding). Publisher's laminated boards (ex-library copy, but without stamps or marks, clean and firm, binding slightly stained, small crack to front hinge at the tail, bookplates, front endpaper somewhat stained). The first volume in the Monumenta Cartographica Vetustioris Aevi series is a monograph devoted to medieval world maps. It includes an introduction by R. A. Skelton and an introductory chapter on the characteristics and typology of medieval world maps by Marcel Destombes. The subsequent chapters present: a list of medieval world maps before 1200 (by Marcel Destombes); a catalogue of medieval world maps in manuscripts from 1200-1500 (Marcel Destombes, Clara E. Le Gear, and R. A. Skelton); a catalogue of separate manuscript world maps and globes from 1200-1500 (Roberto Almagià, Clara E. Le Gear, R. A. Skelton, Marcel Destombes, R. Hervé, and M. de la Roncière); a list of maps engraved on metal in the 15th century (R. A. Skelton and Marcel Destombes); and a list of world maps not described in this volume. A comprehensive bibliography and various indexes are also included.