Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)
by Kanas, Nick
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0387716688
- ISBN 13
- 9780387716688
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Praxis, 2007 8vo (24 cm), XXXIV, 382 pp, plates. Laminated wrappers. The beauty and awe generated by the celestial void captures our imagination and delights our aesthetic sense. Antiquarian map societies are prospering, and celestial maps are now viewed as a specialty of map collecting. This book traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of man's place in the universe and to advances in map-making. Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text. The book describes the development and relationships between different sky maps and atlases as well as demonstrating contemporary cosmological ideas, constellation representations, and cartographic advances.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007047
- Title
- Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)
- Author
- Kanas, Nick
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0387716688
- ISBN 13
- 9780387716688
- Publisher
- Praxis
- Place of Publication
- Chichester, Uk
- Date Published
- 2007
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cartography; Bibliography;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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