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London, The British Library, 1995, 4to album tutta tela editoriale con sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 134 completamente illustrato da belle riproduzioni in nero e a colori. In ottime condizioni.
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Peter Whitfield is an independent scholar and leading expert in map history and exploration. His other books include Charting the Oceans and London: A Life in Maps.
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Patterned after his Image of the World (1994), an album of historical maps of Earth, the latest Whitfield looks up to the stars, as celestial illustrators through the ages have depicted them. Starting from chiseled Babylonian representations of the Zodiac, Whitfield proceeds to the illumination-type pictures of Ptolemaic spheres, dating from medieval Europe, before devoting most of the book to the period from Copernicus through the mid^-nineteenth century. By that time, cartographic sobriety had banished pictures from astronomical maps, but only after a bacchanal of color and fancy reigned as figures of classical constellations--and some weird innovations like royal coats of arms--overwhelmed the stars. The telescope gradually gained the upper hand over the palette, and Whitfield's text ably records the advance of scientific accuracy over astrologic artistry. Of his score of images, most come from the British Library, a sponsor of this colorful work that should have particular appeal to map lovers. Gilbert Taylor
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- PublisherBritish Library
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0712304029
- ISBN 13 9780712304023
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages134
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> For all civilizations, the night sky - vast, beautiful and inaccessible-has been a source of mystery and fascina- tion. In every ancient religion there was a belief that the stars were deities or spirits inhabiting a higher plane of being. The heavens were thought of as a spiritual realm as well as a physical reality, exercising a fateful power over human life. Yet alongside this sense of mystery, observers recognized a regularity and precision in the movements of the stars that was unlike anything on earth. These movements were seen to be cyclical, and could be pre- dicted. They formed the basis of all calendars. The con- stellations, so well-known to us today, were devised as an imaginary landscape in which people could measure both time and direction. Throughout history, people have sought ways in which to 'map' the heavens. These have often been very beauti- ful documents. From the twin sources of mythology (the figures from legend imposed on the sky by Egyptians, Babylonians and Greeks) and mathematics. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM387-VG-9113
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