Cartography in France, 1660-1848: Science, Engineering, and Statecraft by Konvitz, Josef

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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

Chicago: chicago press, 1987. hardcover. very good(+)/fine. illustrated, xx+ 194 pages, grey cloth boards, d.w. University of Chicago Press (1987) A very good copy with a very fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>