Phoney War Map of the Maginot & Siegfried Lines Date of Publication_1517 This map if from ‘Mercurio

This map if from ‘Mercurio geografico’

vol IV has a tipped in slip

factually exact but lightened by a human insight into the virtues and frailties of the actors in this period of Indian history’

fully gilt spine and red morocco label

The outline of the Crimean peninsular becomes a puff of smoke - an ingenious use of cartography

Phoney War Map of the Maginot & Siegfried Lines Date of Publication_1517 This map if from ‘MercurioDe Maginot En Siegfried Line. Met alle steden, germeenten, spoorwegen, verstingen en versterkingen, bosschen, heuvels, enz. This map was published during the Phoney War, when Belgium and the Netherlands had both proclaimed their neutrality and most observers anticipated a drawn out conflict on the continent as there had been between 1914 18. British newspapers began publishing new war maps of the Western Front. The costly chain of French