The Mapping of America
London: Holland Press, 1988. Illustrated profusely in black and white. x, 519 pages. Square 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Holland Press, (1988). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: Holland Press, 1988. Illustrated profusely in black and white. x, 519 pages. Square 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Holland Press, (1988). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: 1780. 21 hand colored maps and 2 celestial charts. Slim 24mo., full crimson morocco with ornately gilt spine and covers (extremities rubbed). Lacks title page. London, 1780. First Edition. Although the binding is rubbed the maps are clean and crisp. Presentation edition by the author to Caroline Fox with fifteen pages in a contemporary hand, describing the atlas. The maps are beautifully rendered. More
New York: Peter Blum, 1987. Illustrated throughout in b/w and color, some folding, and with some translucent overlays; topographical endpapers and a Roden Crater topographical map in pocket at rear. 8vo, silver-lettered blue cloth without dust wrapper, as issued. New York: Peter Blum Edition, 1987. Limited first edition - one of 1200 copies. A fine copy of this uncommon book, published on the occasion of the 1987 exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel. An expensively produced book documenting Turrell's artwork from..... More
Amsterdam: Cornelius Claesz (Cornille Nicolas), 1609. Third French folio edition. Unbound. 44 leaves, 30 engravings in text including 6 maps, one of which is full page ("Caerte van Nova Zembla"). Facsimile title page with vignettes. Stamp on last leaf reads: Bibliothecae Jacob Carol This chronicle describes the Arctic explorations of Willem Barentzs (c. 1550--1597), a Dutch navigator and cartographer. Conducted between 1594 and 1596, Barentzs' three voyages into the seas north of Siberia are widely considered the most notable of..... More
New York: American Geographical Society, 1968. Illustrated. 118 pages, slim 8vo, green cloth with the original glassine wrappers. New York: American Geographical Society, 1968. First Edition. Fine. More
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