Allegorical images of Europe in some atlas titlepages, frontispieces, and map cartouches

From the 16th century onwards many map-makers and authors provided decorative titlepages or frontispieces at the beginning of their works. These often displayed allegorical images and symbols reflecting the books’ contents, in order to attract potential readers. This contribution looks at some notab...

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Main Author: Rodney Shirley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2008-12-01
Series:Belgeo
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/8811
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