COLLECTIONS OF MAPS AND ATLASES IN THE NETHERLANDS. This item is unavailable.COLLECTIONS OF MAPS AND ATLASES IN THE NETHERLANDS

8vo. cloth. x, (ii), 302 pages, with 2 fold out plates. First editions. Exlibrary with markings. Spine faded, else very good. A scientific study of the history of cartography, which in the past has been seriously hampered by our limited knowledge of the source material and of its whereabouts. This work is designed to remedy in part this situation by publishing a list of the map collections in the Netherlands; by formulating a schematic outline of the bibliography of atlases published in the Low Countries before 1800; and by studying the character of map collecting throughout the centuries in general and by describing the history of Dutch map collections in particular. Indexed.