Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842  -  Branch, Melville C.

Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842

KORTE INHOUD

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. 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 ...
1997 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1997 Uitgever: New York, Princeton Architectural Press 102 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1568980736 ISBN-13: 9781568980737