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Cartobibliography

Cartobibliography concerns both the description of maps and atlases and the catalogues and lists built from those descriptions. The sources here offer routes into that published record.

Reading list

  1. 1909Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 1: Atlases

    Philip Lee Phillips

    Published in 1909, Volume I of A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress with Bibliographical Notes presents a holdings catalogue with detailed descriptions and analysis of atlases and their constituent m…

  2. 1909Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 2: Author List; Index

    Philip Lee Phillips

    Volume II of A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, with Bibliographical Notes was published in Washington by the Government Printing Office in 1909.

  3. 1914Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 3: Titles 3266–4087

    Philip Lee Phillips

    Compiled under Philip Lee Phillips and published in 1914, Volume III of A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, with Bibliographical Notes supplements the two-volume catalogue issued in 1909.

  4. 1920Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 4: Titles 4088–5324

    Philip Lee Phillips

    This 1920 volume is the fourth installment of the Library of Congress list of geographical atlases, compiled under the direction of Philip Lee Phillips, Chief of the Division of Maps.

  5. 1958Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 5: Titles 5325–7623

    Clara Egli LeGear

    Compiled by Clara Egli LeGear and published in 1958, volume five of A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress supplements Philip Lee Phillips’s four-volume catalog published in 1909–1920.

  6. 1963Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 6: Titles 7624–10254

    Clara Egli LeGear

    Compiled by Clara Egli LeGear of the Map Division and published in 1963, Volume 6 of A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress covers entries 7624–10254 with bibliographical notes, continuing the four vol…

  7. 1973Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 7: Titles 10255–18435

    Clara Egli LeGear

    Compiled by Clara Egli LeGear and published in 1973, Volume 7 of A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress is the third supplement to the four-volume bibliography compiled under Philip Lee Phillips.

  8. 1974Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 8: Index to Volume 7

    Clara Egli LeGear

    Compiled by Clara Egli LeGear and published in 1974, volume eight of A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress indexes entries 10255–18435 in volume seven.

  9. 1992Book

    A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With Bibliographical Notes. Volume 9: Comprehensive Author List

    Clara Egli LeGear

    Published in 1992 and compiled by Clara Egli LeGear, Volume 9 of A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress provides a Comprehensive Author List for the 18,435 atlases described in the preceding eight volu…

  10. 1973Book
  11. 1977Book
  12. 1971Book
  13. 1976Book

    International Maps and Atlases in Print

    Kenneth L. Winch

    The visible opening and closing material of International Maps and Atlases in Print, second edition (1976), describes the bibliography’s purpose, scope, organization, and retrieval aids.

  14. 1984Book

    Kister's Atlas Buying Guide: General English-Language World Atlases Available in North America

    Kenneth F. Kister

    The supplied opening and closing material presents the purpose, coverage, and reference structure of Kenneth F.

  15. 1975Book Section

    Maps and atlases: Bibliographies

    Chauncy D. Harris · Guide to Geographical Bibliographies and Reference Works in Russian or on the Soviet Union

    This article is a comprehensive annotated bibliography of maps, atlases, and cartographic literature associated primarily with the Soviet Union and the Russian cartographic tradition.

  16. 1969Book
  17. 1965Book

For bibliographies devoted specifically to national-atlas studies, see Bibliographies of National Atlases.

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