Verlag: Klaus Reprint, Liechtenstein, 1970
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. FacsimileFacsimile. Klaus Reprint, Liechtenstein, 1970 in - folio 20.5 x 14" (52x35cm) of 141 pages + 51 double-plate maps. New reprint edition of the standard work on the history of cartography by geologist, explorer and collector of old maps Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld (1832-1901). Extensive iconography with numerous in-text map reproductions and 51 high-quality double-plate reproductions based on the famous atlases by Ptolemy, Mercator, Gastaldi and Apinius Ortelius; Published in Stockholm in 1889, entitled "Facsimile-Atlas to the Early History of Cartography with Reproductions of the Most Important Maps Printed in the XV and XVI Centuries". This copy is from the second reprint edition of 1961, with a preface by Kraus. In very good condition.