Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations, Vincent Virga and the Library of Congress, 3rd Printing, 2008, Near Fine hardcover w/DJ.

Virgia, Vincent. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008.

English, Third Printing, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 13 1/4" x 10 1/4", 266 pp.

ISBN: 9780316997669

Third Printing, hardcover in pictorial paper with wraparound map illustrations, Near Fine pictorial dust jacket. Slight cocking to spine, light sunning to edges, and minor edgewear to dust jacket, now in Mylar. 266 pp. Includes more than 200 maps from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. A compilation of maps that celebrate the detailed work of cartographers from the dawn of civilization to the present day (2008), including rare maps from Africa, Asia, and Oceania, to a 2001 map of the human genome, along with many others, this book showcases a wide variety of world perspectives. Wonderfully produced book that presents vivid reproductions of these maps, with their similarly interesting stories.