Search Results: Cartography from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Brepols, 1998 4to (28 cm), 208 pp. Laminated wrapper (wrappers slightly stained). A collection of papers published on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Abraham Ortelius' death. For contents, please refer to the scans.

Warsaw: Biblioteka Narodowa, 2015 4to (33.5 cm), 88 pp, 8 folding charts. In Polish. A facsimile reprint with extensive commentaries of a portolan atlas produced in 1583 by Antonio Millo (da Millo, or from Milos), a Greek cartographer active in Venice in the second half of 16th century. The manuscript is preserved in the Polish National Library.

Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1997 2 volumes folio (36 cm), 424 pp; PP 425-776. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). A bibliography of printed maps of Hungary 1528-1850. The text is in Hungarian with descriptions of maps provided in English.

Ebury Press, 1992 4to (31 cm), 160 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (binding slightly rubbed ). A history of atlases, illustrated with over 300 color reproductions from the Cadbury Collection, Birmingham Central Library. Divided into 5 chapters (classical and medieval tradition; the era of exploration; the domination of the Dutch; the age of empires; the modern age), each with an introduction followed by a discussion of individual atlas-makers.

Wrocław, 1982 3 volumes 8vo (23.5 cm & 20.5 cm), 150 pp; 93 pp; 91 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers slightly rubbed, paper of the first volume toned). In Polish. Bibliography of Polish history of geography and cartography 1976-1990. 983, 536 & 593 entries.

Dover, 1969 4to (35 cm), XV, 299 pp. Laminated wrappers (wrappers rubbed, corners creased). This fascinating selection of 75 old maps offers an unusual survey of the discovery, settlement and growth of America down to close of the Revolutionary war.

Brill & Hes & De Graaf, 2011 8vo (24 cm), 256 pp. Laminated boards. The series "Guides to Dutch Atlas Maps" designed to give the reader clear, short, no-nonsense yet academically valid information about all Dutch atlas maps regarding a certain country or area. Each part will mainly address the edition of the atlas(es) in which the maps have been incorporated, the year of publication of the maps, the known states, cartographic references and remarks by the author. This first volume of the series offers a descriptive catalogue of all the maps of England, and particular parts of the country, published in Dutch atlases between 1570 and 1650. All the maps in the atlases of Ortelius, Mercator-Hondius, Janssonius, Blaeu and their followers are recorded.

‎Paris: Gründ, 1980 4to (28.5 cm), 240 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed).

Cromorama, 1986 Square 4to (33 x 33 cm), 100, [4] pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, cloth bookmark (dj slightly rubbed at extremities, corner somewhat scuffed). Illustrated catalogue of a collection of early Italian maps gathered by Franco Novacco. Comprising 148 entries, with text presented in both Italian and English.

University Of Chicago Press, 1987 4to (25.5 cm), XX, 194 pp, 5 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear, bookplate pasted on the front pastdown, collector's blind stamp on the title page). "French scientists, engineers, and public officials were responsible for the most important and distinctive innovations in cartography in eighteenth-century Europe. By expanding the analytical uses of maps, by establishing unprecedented standards of accuracy, and by nurturing institutional frameworks to sustain mapping projects over many years, the French contributed to one of the central concepts of modern times: that man, through direct observation and accumulated information can better understand and manage his affairs. Concentrating on how and why new concepts and techniques of making and using maps were introduced, Josef Konvitz skillfully traces the modernization of cartography during the French Enlightenment. The story he unfolds is not merely a narrative of who did what, but… Read More

The British Library, 1984 Oblong 8vo (18.5 x 24.5 cm), 63 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear).

Rapperswill: Muzeum Polskie, 1995 8vo (22 cm), 642 pp. The catalog of important map collection of Polish Museum in Rapperswill (Switzerland).

Paris: Firmin Didot, 1823 8vo (20 x 13.2 cm), VIII, 494, [2] pp, half chagrin over marbled boards, with original wrappers bound in (slightly foxed, blind collector stamps on the title and the first page). This is the catalog of the map collection of Duke Aleksandr Lobanov-Rostovsky (1788-1866), a Russian general and diplomat. The catalog was authored by the Duke himself, with assistance from Charles Piquet. This edition is one of the 230 copies privately printed by Firmin Didot.

London: Jonathan Potter Limited, 2001 4to (30 cm), 220 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. One of the best introduction to the map collecting and the history of cartography.

Luxembourg: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1984 8vo (25 cm), 261 pp. Printed wrappers (wrapper slightly rubbed).

Country Life Books, 1989 4to (30.5 cm), 192 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed at extremities). The first edition of the popular manual of map-collecting, authored by London map dealer Jonathan Potter. Later editions were published under the title "Collecting antique maps".

Gdańsk: Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Gdańska, 2005 4to (31.5 cm), 490 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Catalogue of an exhibition held in Gdansk in October, 2004 - January, 2005. In German and Polish. Maps, views and documents from a collection of Polish physicist, entrepreneur, collector and bibliophile Tomasz Niewodczański (1933-2010), relating to Gdańsk and the Baltic Sea.

Warsaw: Polska Akademia Nauk; Instytut Historii Nauki, Oświaty i Techniki, 1993 8vo (24 cm), 137, [1] pp. Printed wrappers and dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed, 3 articles at the beginning loose and each stapled at the top). In Polish with abstracts and contents in English. For contents see scan == Zawiera 7 rozpraw: Edward Schnayder, Profesor dr Karol Buczek (1902-1983) jako historyk kartografii oraz kartograf i geograf historyczny; Stanisław Aleksandrowicz, Rozwój badań nad historią staropolskiej kartografii w latach 1928-1984; Jan Szeliga, Metody i stan dokładnościowych badań dawnych map z obszaru Polski; Michał Odlanicki-Poczobutt, Badania dawnych wielkoskalowych map ziem polskich; Jacek Pasławski, Z problematyki kartogramu jako metody prezentacji - szkic z historii polskiej kartografii tematycznej; Maria Lewandowska: Plany miast w archiwach państwowych -- centralna kartoteka; Wiesława Wernerowa, Bibliografie w dorobku… Read More

Walburg Pers, 1992 Square 8vo (20 x 21.5 cm), 83 pp. Laminated wrappers.

Dover Pubns, 1992 4to (30 cm), 6 leaves, 4 postcards on each. Laminated wrappers (wrappers slightly sunned).