MAPS IN THOSE DAYS: CARTOGRAPHIC METHODS BEFORE 1850
Written by J.H. Andrews
Published by Four Courts Press
in 2009
ISBN: 9781846821882
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MAPS IN THOSE DAYS: CARTOGRAPHIC METHODS BEFORE 1850
Written by J.H. Andrews.
Stock no. 2140532
1st IRELAND.
2009.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Brown boards with gilt title to spine. B/w maps and illustrations. ISBN: 9781846821882. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a few small nicks and marks.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1 Map history miniaturised
- 2 A science of facts?
- 3 So many guess plots
- 4 Strict dimensuration
- 5 Remarkable objects
- 6 A survey in its literal sense
- 7 Laid down in our drafts
- 8 So strangely distorted
- 9 One fair card or map
- 10 Going in the dark
- 11 All marked with lines
- 12 The true features of the ground
- 13 In no case arbitrary sounds
- 14 Shadowed and counterfeited
- 15 Cunningly compiled and made
- 16 Into more finished form
- 17 Forbear much writing
- 18 To deck and beautify your plot
- 19 Maps and society
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index