Rodney W. ShirleyRecensioni
Autore di The mapping of the world : early printed world maps, 1472-1700
Recensioni
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Over the time period covered by the present publication roughly from the 1470s to the 1870s very many printed books opened with an attractive decorative titlepage or frontispiece; sometimes both. In this book a selection has been made from the extremely wide field of known titlepages, mainly by a focus on subject matter which is primarily cartography, geography, history and topography, together with associated disciplines such as astronomy, travel and exploration.
A selection of 100 main and approximately 70 supplementary entries adequately covers specimens of different styles, formats, and national characteristics over a four-hundred year time period from the late 15th century onwards. The choice of decorative titlepages or frontispieces includes examples emanating from Italy, Germany (including Switzerland and Austria), the Netherlands (including Flanders), France, Spain, England and some later examples published in the United States.