Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries. A revised edition of Old Decorative Maps and Charts by A. L. Humphreys
by Skelton, R.A
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Name on front pastedown endpaper, covers rubbed and slightly marked, colour variation on rear board, otherwise Good
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- Wykeham Books (GB)
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- Title
- Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries. A revised edition of Old Decorative Maps and Charts by A. L. Humphreys
- Author
- Skelton, R.A
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, gilt cover device, large 4to,
- Book Condition
- Used - Name on front pastedown endpaper, covers rubbed and slightly marked, colour variation on rear board, otherwise Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Staples Press, London, first edition, 1952
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- vii, 80 pp, 84 plates (chiefly maps, 12 in colour)
- Keywords
- Maps, Early. 15th 16th 17th 18th century cartography Skelton, R.A
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