Mercator: A Monograph on the Lettering of Maps, etc. in the 16th Century Netherlands with a Facsimile and Translation of his Treatise on the Italic Hand and a Translation of Ghim's Mercatoris
by [Mercator, Gerhard]. Osley, A.S., ed
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Like New
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About This Item
Faber & Faber, 1969. Used - Like New. First edition.. 1969. Unknown Binding. Cloth, Dj., quarto, 209 pp., profusely illustrated. Foxing to edges of text block, jacket price-clipped, otherwise near fine. Fine.
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S00838
- Title
- Mercator: A Monograph on the Lettering of Maps, etc. in the 16th Century Netherlands with a Facsimile and Translation of his Treatise on the Italic Hand and a Translation of Ghim's Mercatoris
- Author
- [Mercator, Gerhard]. Osley, A.S., ed
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, 1969
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