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Worms (Laurence) & Baynton-Williams (Ashley)

British Map Engravers: A Dictionary of Engravers, Lithographers and their Principal Employers to 1850.

London: Rare Book Society, 2011.,

243,76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, Royaume-Uni)

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Auteur
Worms (Laurence) & Baynton-Williams (Ashley)
Éditeurs
London: Rare Book Society, 2011.
Thème
CARTOGRAPHY MAPS REFERENCE

Description

First edition, thick royal 8vo, xxxii, 744pp., 600 illustrations, orig. publishers blue cloth, d.w. An illustrated dictionary of well over 1,500 members of the map-trade in the British Isles from the beginnings until the mid nineteenth century, including all the known engravers and lithographers, all the known globemakers and retailers, the principal mapsellers and publishers, the key cartographers, the makers of map-based games and puzzles, and others. Each entry includes a list of published work, the known biographical facts (in most cases based on fresh and original research), addresses and dates, details of apprentices, etc. Twenty-five years in the making, the book contains previously unpublished material on almost every page.
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