Cartes géographiques anciennes. Evolution de la représentation cartographique du monde : de l'Antiquité à la fin du XIX° siècle.
by Kupcik, Ivan
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good + +/Very Good ++
- ISBN 10
- 2700021185
- ISBN 13
- 9782700021189
- Seller
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About This Item
Paris: Grund, 1981 Book. Very Good + +. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 240 pp, Introduction; L'image plane d'un monde rond; L'heritage de l'antiquite et sa "Renaissance' mille ans apres; Sur Terre it sur mer; Les cotes europeennes et outre-mer; Prelude a la conception moderne des cartes du monde; Les horizons nouveaux; L'unificationdes representations sur les cartes d'Europe et du monde; La reforme de la cartographie et la representation cartographique detaillee; Les merites de l'ecole francaise; Les oeuvres cartographiques detaillees; Quelques problemes des debuts de la cartographie moderne; Guide sommaire du collectionneur; Orientation bibliographique; tables des illustrations couleurs; Table des illustrations dans le texte; index. First French Edition, 1981. "Le present ouvrage se veut un guide historique et pratique de la cartographie. L'auteur nous fait mesurer parfaitement quelchemin dut etre parcouru pour que d'une image sommaire et limitee d la Terre, les ifforts, les recherches, les modifications necessaires permettent l'elaboration de cartes aussi utiles par les renseignements qu'elles prodiguent que par la beaute intrinseeeque de leurs coloris." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Ex libris plate of the well-regarded scholar George Kish on ffep. Minor edge wear to top and bottom edge spine dj. Faintly age-toned text block edges and fainly bumped top fore-edge tips of boards, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with decorative black embossed cartographic detail to front board, black lettering to spine, and illustrated maps on endpapers..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003511
- Title
- Cartes géographiques anciennes. Evolution de la représentation cartographique du monde : de l'Antiquité à la fin du XIX° siècle.
- Author
- Kupcik, Ivan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good + +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 2700021185
- ISBN 13
- 9782700021189
- Publisher
- Grund
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- GEOGRAPHY & MAPS CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES ANCIENNES DOCUMENTS CARTOGRAPHIQUES L'HISTOIRE ET EVOLUTION DE LA REPRESENTATION CARTOGRAPHIQUE L'ANTIQUITE A LA FIN DU XIXe SIECLE
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- GEOGRAPHY & MAPS;
- Size
- 4to
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