Maps and Map-Makers

New York: Dorset Press, 1987 Book. As New. Hardcover. Later Printing. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xv, 140 pp, preface, note to the 6th Edition, list of 104 b&w illustrations, list of 8 color plates, acknowledgments, general works of reference, introduction, I. Pre-Christian Geography to Ptolemy; II. Arabs and Medieval Europe; III. Italy; IV. Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; V. Holland and Belgium; VI. French Cartography; VII. English Map-Makers; English Marine Atlases; VIII. The County Maps of England and Wales; a. Large-Scale County Maps of England; b. English County Atlases; IX. Scotland and Ireland; X. Africa; XI. Asia; XII. America; XIII. Australia; Scandinavia, index with color and b&w maps throughout. Seventh Edition, 1987. "A considerable literature has grown up in recent years on the subject of Cartography, but by far the greater part of this output is highly specialized, and for the most part scattered in the publications of various learned societies not often obtainable by the student or collector, or in limited and expensive monographs. It is to fill this desideratum that this book has been compiled, the aim being to give information and illustrations of the principal map-makers and their work from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, combining an appreciation of the popular decorative side of early maps with historical and bibliographical notes." from the Prefface. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine..