Author: Swann GalleriesPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Colored Prints; Fine Maps; American Trade Catalogs; Books & Broadsides
Author: Swann GalleriesFine Collections of Colored Prints ...; Fine Maps ...; American Trade Catalogs ...; Books & Broadsides ...
Author: Swann GalleriesAmerican Maps and Atlases; Fine Illustrated Books; Books with Colored Prints; Americana and the West; Early Printed Books; Literature; Etc., Etc
Author: Swann GalleriesTrade Catalogs on Maps
Author: American Map Company (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Category : Maps
Languages : en
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The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860
Author: Martin BrücknerPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469632616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
In the age of MapQuest and GPS, we take cartographic literacy for granted. We should not; the ability to find meaning in maps is the fruit of a long process of exposure and instruction. A "carto-coded" America--a nation in which maps are pervasive and meaningful--had to be created. The Social Life of Maps tracks American cartography's spectacular rise to its unprecedented cultural influence. Between 1750 and 1860, maps did more than communicate geographic information and political pretensions. They became affordable and intelligible to ordinary American men and women looking for their place in the world. School maps quickly entered classrooms, where they shaped reading and other cognitive exercises; giant maps drew attention in public spaces; miniature maps helped Americans chart personal experiences. In short, maps were uniquely social objects whose visual and material expressions affected commercial practices and graphic arts, theatrical performances and the communication of emotions. This lavishly illustrated study follows popular maps from their points of creation to shops and galleries, schoolrooms and coat pockets, parlors and bookbindings. Between the decades leading up to the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, early Americans bonded with maps; Martin Bruckner's comprehensive history of quotidian cartographic encounters is the first to show us how.
Colored Prints, Maps, Drawings, Posters, Broadsides
Author: Swann GalleriesAmerican Broadsides, Prints and Maps
Author: Rosenbach CompanyPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
American Book Prices Current
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1528
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
A Guide to American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900
Author: Lawrence B. RomainePublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486264752
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Invaluable listing of rare catalogs selling cars, beekeeper's equipment, clocks, firearms, livestock, clothes, toys, more. Cites catalog's location, size, more.
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