Collecting Old Maps
Title | Collecting Old Maps PDF eBook |
Author | Francis J. Manasek |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2015-02-15 |
Genre | Early maps |
ISBN | 9780692259368 |
The highly anticipated second edition of Collecting Old Maps is completely revised and expanded with over 400 color illustrations. While maintaining the original approach to the nuts and bolts of map collecting, there is new information on collecting in the digital age, building and disposing of a collection, papermaking history, and the mythological figures, symbols and allegory used in cartography. The most significant change to this new edition is the Map Gallery, which is more comprehensive and profusely illustrated in full color. Nearly 200 maps were assembled to illustrate the five-century evolution of printed maps and how they changed both artistically and technically in response to various cultural and market influences. They illustrate the progression from the simple woodcuts of the incunabula period to the elegant copperplate engravings of Renaissance Italy, then to the Baroque Dutch compositions, the refined style of scientific cartographers, and finally the technically advanced, but sometimes whimsical, approach of 20th-century mapmakers. These maps represent a broad range of geographic regions, cartographic importance, and prices. Rather than focusing on the rare and obscure, these are maps that can be collected today.
Antique Maps
Title | Antique Maps PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Moreland |
Publisher | Phaidon Incorporated Limited |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1994-01-01 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9780714829548 |
A standard reference work and collector's guide to old maps. Antique Maps is now firmly established as a definitive reference work. With extensive information on the general historical background, details of all the major map-makers and practical advice on collecting old maps, it provides an excellent introduction for the beginner as well as a mass of precise and clearly organized information for the expert and the serious collector. A beautiful edition in itself, this timeless volume evokes the elegance of maps from the past and the charm of all the distant places they suggest, to show them not only as historical artefacts but also as works of art.
Transit Maps of the World
Title | Transit Maps of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Ovenden |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2015-11-03 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0143128493 |
A completely updated and expanded edition of the cult bestseller, featuring subway, light rail, and streetcar maps from New York to Nizhny Novgorod. Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historical and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. In glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the cartographic history of mass transit—including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Now expanded with thirty-six more pages, 250 city maps revised from previous editions, and listings given from almost a thousand systems in total, this is the graphic designer’s new bible, the transport enthusiast’s dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who’s ever traveled in a city.
Atlas Maior of 1665
Title | Atlas Maior of 1665 PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Blaeu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2016-07-04 |
Genre | Atlases |
ISBN | 9783836538039 |
Superlatives flounder in the face of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. This stunning edition is based on the Austrian National Library's complete colored and gold-heightened copy and reprints its 594 maps covering all then-known continents to the highest reproduction standard, rendering...
Collecting Old Maps
Title | Collecting Old Maps PDF eBook |
Author | Francis J. Manasek |
Publisher | |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Collecting Antique Maps
Title | Collecting Antique Maps PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Potter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
Isles of Gold
Title | Isles of Gold PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Cortazzi |
Publisher | Weatherhill, Incorporated |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
A selection of over 90 historically significant maps of Japan. The book tells the story of the encounter between the West and Japan through the gradual process of mapping the island empire.