British map engravers dictionary von worms laurence (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. London: Rare Book Society, 2011. First Edition. Large 8vo. xxxii,744pp. Cloth. Fine condition, in very good plus dj (slight wear to lower edge, foot of spine moderately worn, short tear). Illustrated. Dictionary of over 1,500 members of the map trade (England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and foreign engravers working in the British Isles for British firms); each entry includes list of published works, known biographical facts, addresses and dates, full bibliography. ISBN 0956942202; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 744 pages.…

First edition, thick royal 8vo, xxxii, 744pp., 600 illustrations, orig. publishers blue cloth, d.w. An illustrated dictionary of well over 1,500 members of the map-trade in the British Isles from the beginnings until the mid nineteenth century, including all the known engravers and lithographers, all the known globemakers and retailers, the principal mapsellers and publishers, the key cartographers, the makers of map-based games and puzzles, and others. Each entry includes a list of published work, the known biographical facts (in most cases based on fresh and original research), addresses and dates, details of apprentices, etc. Twenty-five years in the making, the book contains previously unpublished material on almost every page. …

Zustand: In very good condition. Edition : First Edition, Original cloth boards with dust jacket., Illustrated profusely with black and white in text illustrations.