Antique maps and their cartographers

British edition of the text released both in the US and the UK during the same year. The text surveys the early history of maps and the genesis of modern cartography before proceeding into individual chapters devoted to maps of specific countries or geographical regions. Each chapter is illustrated with a portion of the 63 total leaves of plates in black and white, and has its own short bibliography. Paper dust jacket price clipped. Slightly rubbed. 128 pages + 63 leaves of plates in black and white. cloth, dust jacket. large 8vo..