Atlas of Rare City Maps

Author: Melville C Branch
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1568980736

Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842

The map-plans in this collection of forty cities in Europe, Russia, the United States, and Asia were first published in the mid- nineteenth century by England's Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Download Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842 from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. These maps were all commissioned and drawn within a period of thirteen years, presenting a unique opportunity to compare urban development among 40 cities in 19 countries at one moment in time. An exquisite feast for the eye, the hand-colored, hand-lettered steel engravings are artistic masterpieces in themselves, representative of an era of exceptional artisanal skill. They are reproduced here in fine detail in an oversized format.
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