The Image of the World : 20 Centuries of World Maps

San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1994. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (only slightly rubbed at the corners). NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped ($29.95). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Lavishly illustrated with full-page and double-page plates -- nearly all in beautiful color. Examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples, discussing the maps and their makers in relation to their age. Published in association with The British Library. Includes: Preface; Introduction; Classical Foundations; The Religious Imagination; The Play of the Intellect; The Theatre of the World; Science and Communication. Further reading list. Index of Names. Index of Subjects. Bound in the original black boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "From Bishop Isidore's simplistic T-O design for a world map, through the elaborately decorated manuscript maps and printed maps of the 17th and 18th centuries which are works of art in themselves, to scientific maps showing the ocean floor, Peter Whitfield examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples, discussing the maps and their makers in relation to their age and placing them within the context of the wider history of ideas. Drawing on the wide variety of maps held by The British Library and other major collections throughout the world, THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD is superbly illustrated throughout in colour." Oversize Hardcover. 10.5" wide by 11.5" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First U.S. Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Mitchell, John (jacket design). viii, 144pp.