Johan Adolf Ekelof (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. ex-library copy with usual markings. cover shows minor wear and rubbing, bumped corners. pages clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hard cover published by Kraus Reprint Corp. in 1961. Blue covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Ex-library, in special collections department, with only a few library markings marked out on top, side and bottom edges of pages and on title page, plus a marker on spine. Book measures 20.5 x 14 x 1.75 and weighs 13.5 lbs. Covers have some scuffing and staining, corners are bumped and worn, and edges of covers have some wear and small nicks. Top of spine is worn, torn and frayed. Spine is faded some. Interior of book is in very good condition. Overall book is in good condition.; 20.5 x 14 x 1.75.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Blue buckram, lettered in gold foil. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped but did not circulate. Cloth rubbed with exposure at heel of spine, with minor exposure at several corners, a bit more evident at bottom front corner. Some evidence of repair to cloth along joints, with minor separation. Firm binding, clean interior beyond library markings. Creases to front flyleaf only. Exterior a bit shabby, thus G/G+, interior solid VG+ to Near Fine. [xii],141 pp. + 51 double-page maps reproduced by photolithography at rear, 84 maps and figures in the text. Main text comprised by: geographical atlas of Ptolemy, editions of Ptolemy's Geography, pseudo-editions of Ptolemy, ancient (not Ptolemaic) maps, extension of Ptolemy's Oikumene, first maps of the New World, terrestrial globes from the 15th-16th centuries, map-projections, end of the early period of cartography, transition to modern period: Gastaldi, Apianus, Ortelius, Mercator. Additional postage required. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Na. Published: 1889. DESCRIPTION: Large three quarter leather bound atlas containing 51 double-page plates with photolithographic reproductions of maps from between 1490-1597. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. 2cm missing section to lower spine along with 7cm tear to lower front spine edge and ffep. Intact endpapers. Cracked verso of endpaper with light movement to front hinge. Patch of spotting to page 133. All maps are clean and unmarked. DJ Condition: Na Pages [12], 141, plates. Size: 52cm by 36cm. BOOK RESUME: Contents: 1) The geographical Atlas of Ptolemy, 2) Editions of Ptolemys Geography, 3) Pseudo-editions of Ptolemy. Ptolemys errors and merits, 4) Ancient, not Ptolemaic maps, 5) Extension of Ptolemys Oikumene towards the north and north-west, 6) The first maps of the New World, and of the newly discovered parts of Africa and Asia, 7) Terrestrial globes from the 15th and the first part of the 16th century, 8) Map-projections, 9) The end of the early period of cartography, 1520-1550, 10) The transition to, and the beginning of the modern period. Jacopo Gastaldi. Philip Apianus. Abraham Ortelius, Gerard Mercator. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Atlas folio, 51 x 31 cm. Modern 3/4 black leather. Original maroon boards. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Top page end washed red. Old dampstains to top page end, barely affecting head margins. Clean, unmarked pages. Nordenskiold was an explorer and scientist in his own right. (He completed the first successful navigation of the Northeast Passage on the Vega, 1879-1880.) This, his most substantial monograph on the history of early cartography, was systematic and influential. His personal collection of early maps was given to the University of Helsinki, and has been inscribed on UNESCO's memory of the World Register. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.