A. L. Humphreys (1865–1946)
Autore di The private library
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Opere di A. L. Humphreys
A handbook to county bibliography, being a bibliography of bibliographies relating to the counties and towns of Great… (1917) 3 copie
Madame De Pompadour 1 copia
Private Library. , The 1 copia
A Garland Of Love 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Humphreys, Arthur Lee
- Data di nascita
- 1865
- Data di morte
- 1946
- Sesso
- male
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 13
- Utenti
- 76
- Popolarità
- #233,522
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 8
There are just over 50 interesting pages of text on maps, cartographers and map history & design. Additionally, there is old (early 1900s generally) map pricing information. Many of the maps are of small areas, as opposed to world or continental maps. Some examples; New York City (1776), Dunkirk & Mardyck, France (1713), Gibraltar (1713), River Thames Estuary (1693), London (1572), Paris (1550). About 62 of the maps are black & white and 32 are in color. No maps appear to be older than 1482. The book appears to be generally aimed at map collectors, but of interest more generally.
It's quite interesting with something of a different approach and the maps of smaller geographic areas particularly are often new to me. Reproductions seem to be of reasonably good quality.
Recently picked up this atlas, a pleasant surprise, at a Chicago area used book store ($7 in quite good and very clean condition). At this writing there seven copies of Antique Maps and Charts available through Abe Books, four are in Britain. Amazon in the UK has seven used books available starting at £3.84 plus shipping.… (altro)