Washington In Maps, 1606-2000
Hardcover
2002 · New York
by Miller, Iris
New York: Rizzoli, 2002. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (rubbed shelf-wear to spine edges. corners rubbed. 1inch rub/score to front board; small impression next to score. dustjacket has wear; irregular sunning to front edge & interior flap edges). square, light blue boards w/ blind-stamped printing. printed pastedowns & endpapers. 176 pgs w/ color, bw illustrations, maps, figures. pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. Washington in Maps features, in full color, over 100 glorious maps, dating from the seventeenth century to the present, featuring the most splendid antique maps of Washington-to the extraordinary, otherworldly satellite imagery of today. Included are maps by Thomas Jefferson and Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the man upon whose design modern Washington now stands; a map of Captain John Smith from 1608; and maps by the Senate Park (McMillan) Commission, among many others. Maps detail both the current reality of a place, and, as well, offer imaginative renderings of future possibility, in the process often becoming something of extraordinary beauty in their own right. Washington in Maps charts a passionate course through this terrain and serves as a testament to the wonder, artistry, and intelligence that these maps manifest.--Amazon. (Inventory #: 196103)