Courtiers and cannibals, angels and amazons : the art of the decorative cartographic titlepage / Rodney Shirley.

Titlepages and frontispieces have been recognized as a fascinating decorative genre in their own right. Rodney Shirley illustrates 100 of the most important decorative titlepages and frontispieces, dating from the 15th to the late 19th centuries.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shirley, Rodney W.
Other title:Art of the decorative cartographic titlepage.
Format: Book
Language:English
Local Note:Provenance: Ms. inscription on flyleaf: "Presented to the Cambridge University Library by the Author Rodney Shirley [Clare 1948-51] February 2009".
Published: Houten, Netherlands : Hes & De Graaf, ©2009.
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Earth Sciences & Map Library - Maps - Reference

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Call Number: Z242.T6 S48 2009
Z242.T6 S48 2009 Available Place a Hold