Globes from the Western World / Elly Dekker, Peter van der Krogt
1993, First Edition. London : Zwemmer. Near fine cloth copy in a very good, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #451069
ISBN: 0302006184
Physical description; 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes list of globe makers: pages 171-180. Contents; The image of the world -- The printed globe -- The Dutch Republic: globes for profit -- Italy: a fancy for decoration -- France: globes made by the 'geographes du Roi' -- Germany: globes and the enlightenment -- Great Britain: the orrery and the globe -- United States: globes from the new world -- Central Europe: a new view of the world. Subjects; Globes History. Cartography History.
Price: €45.00