The Atlas of Atlases
The Map Maker's Vision of the World: Atlases from the Cadbury Collection, Birmingham Central Library
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
A history of atlases, illustrated with over 300 color reproductions from the Cadbury Collection at the Birmingham England Central Library. Not all of the illustrations are of maps. Divided into 5 chapters, each with a general introduction followed by a discussion of individual atlas-makers. Illustrations have captions, sometimes extensive. With index and a list of atlases. Marbled endpapers. 160 pages. 1992, 4to., paper-covered boards, dust jacket..
