Atlante Geografico Metodico
$200.00
An Italian atlas captured by an American soldier during WWII.
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Description
This marvelous atlas of the world on the brink of conflagration was published in 1914 by the Istituto Geografico de Agostini in Novara. Giovanni de Agostini, an important Italian geographer and cartographer, founded his institute in Rome in 1901 and quickly grew into a major publisher of educational materials. This work, the ‘Methodical Geographical Atlas’, was hugely popular and is still published today.
According to the front endpaper, this example of the atlas was captured by Captain M.W. Links in November of 1943, about a month after Italy joined the Allies. At the time, there was intense fighting against the heavily fortified German Winter Line. Rubberstamps also present on the volume indicates that Links was later promoted to Senior Captain in the Corps of Military Police (C.M.P.).
Map Details
Publication Date: 1914
Author: Giovanni de Agostini
Sheet Width (in): 11.00
Sheet Height (in): 9.60
Condition: B+
Condition Description: 75 color plates, plus a title page, introduction, and index, bound in original red leather boards with orange endpapers. Covers are heavily scuffed, with about 1" of the top part of the spine pulled away. Contents are lightly worn, including creased corners, toning, and a bit of light scattered foxing. About good condition overall.
$200.00
1 in stock