The History of Cartography - Cartography in the European Renaissance, Part 1 + 2. [Complete set of two volumes)

David Woodward, (ed.)

Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2007

2180 pages with 80 mostly full page color plates, 815 halftones, 150 line drawings, 20 tables. --- --- The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 9" x 11.5" x 5.5" (both volumes), volume 3 complete in 2 parts with continuous pagination of 2180 pages, (1: xvii,1171 pages, 2: xxvii, 1009 pages. 80 mostly full page color plates, 815 halftones, 150 line drawings, 20 tables. Cloth hardcover, gilt lettered on spines, illustrated dust jackets. (The third volume in 2 parts, dealing with the Cartography in the European Renaissance, of a total set of 6 volumes of the History of Cartography.) Books and dust jackets in very good+ condition, except for 2 small spots with bug damage on the pasted front and back endpapers, not affecting any printed pages or illustrations. There are also some spots on the top and bottom paper edges of part 1. Very heave set of books. ?An important scholarly enterprise, the History of Cartography?is the most ambitious overview of map making ever undertaken?.People come to know the world the way they come to map it?through their perceptions of how its elements are connected and of how they should move among them. This is precisely what the series is attempting by situating the map at the heart of cultural life and revealing its relationship to society, science, and religion?.It is trying to define a new set of relationships between maps and the physical world that involve more than geometric correspondence. It is in essence a new map of human attempts to chart the world.??Edward Rothstein, New York Times ?A major scholarly publishing achievement.?We will learn much not only about maps, but about how and why and with what consequences civilizations have apprehended, expanded, and utilized the potential of maps.??Josef W. Konvitz, Isis Table of Contents 1 Cartography and the Renaissance: Continuity and Change, David Woodward 2 The Role of Maps in Later Medieval Society: Twelfth to Fourteenth Century, Victoria Morse The History of Renaissance Cartography: Interpretive Essays Maps and Renaissance Culture 3 Images of Renaissance Cosmography, 1450?1650, Denis E. Cosgrove 4 Renaissance Star Charts, Anna Friedman Herlihy 5 Lunar, Solar, and Planetary Representations to 1650, R. H. van Gent and A. Van Helden 6 Globes in Renaissance Europe, Elly Dekker 7 The Renaissance Chart Tradition in the Mediterranean, Corradino Astengo 8 Isolarii, Fifteenth to Seventeenth Century, George Tolias 9 The Reception of Ptolemy?s Geography (End of the Fourteenth to Beginning of the Sixteenth Century), Patrick Gautier Dalch? 10 Map Projections in the Renaissance, John P. Snyder 11 The European Religious Worldview and Its Influence on Mapping, Pauline Moffitt Watts 12 Early Modern Literature and Cartography: An Overview, Tom Conley 13 Literature and Mapping in Early Modern England, 1520?1688, Henry S. Turner 14 Cartography and Literature in Early Modern France, Nancy Bouzrara and Tom Conley 15 Literary Mapping in German-Speaking Europe, Franz Reitinger 16 Maps and Literature in Renaissance Italy, Theodore J. Cachey Jr. 17 Mapping Maritime Triumph and the Enchantment of Empire: Portuguese Literature of the Renaissance, Neil Safier and Ilda Mendes dos Santos 18 Literature and Cartography in Early Modern Spain: Etymologies and Conjectures, Simone Pinet Technical Production and Consumption 19 Land Surveys, Instruments, and Practitioners in the Renaissance, Uta Lindgren 20 Navigation Techniques and Practice in the Renaissance, Eric H. Ash 21 Signs on Printed Topographical Maps, ca. 1470?ca. 1640, Catherine Delano-Smith 22 Techniques of Map Engraving, Printing, and Coloring in the European Renaissance, David Woodward 23 Centers of Map Publishing in Europe, 1472?1600, Robert Karrow 24 Maps as Educational Tools in the Renaissance, Lesley B. Cormack 25 Maps in Renaissance Libraries and Collections, George Tolias Maps and Their Uses in Renaissance Governance 26 Maps and the Early Modern State: Official Cartography, Richard L. Kagan and Benjamin Schmidt 2. Seller Inventory # 2007Ab

Bibliographic Details

Title: The History of Cartography - Cartography in ...
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First Edition.