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Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1998. Small 4to, new, with like DJ. xiii, 181 pp (including index; each chapter has its own independent notes). These essays are "revised versions of the lectures delivered in the tenth series of Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography, held at the Newberry Library, Chicago, in November 1991." Subjects cover pertain to city maps of China, the Renaissance, 16th-17th century Spain, military architecture and the early modern city, early modern Europe, Plan of Chicago (Burnham and Bennett). As would be expected, this is a lucid, scholarly and well-written volume.. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
(History of Cartography): Monarchs Ministers and Maps. The Emergence of Cartography as a Tool of Government in Early Modern Europe by Buisseret, David (editor) - 1992
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(History of Cartography): Monarchs Ministers and Maps. The Emergence of Cartography as a Tool of Government in Early Modern Europe
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Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1992. Large 8vo., 189pp including index. This is a scholarly and readable volume based on the 1985 Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography, given at the Newberry Library. There is detailed referencing, and the volume looks at the political uses of cartography from 1400 to 1700 (actually some detail goes a bit later). Much of the history coincides with the development of the European nation-states, and chapters relate to Italy, England, the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs, France and Poland. This is a nice edition to any library dealing with the history of cartography.. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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(Reference, City Planning, History): Envisioning the City. Six Studies in Urban Cartography
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