German Invasion Plans for England & Wales Author(s)_Demosthenes

German Invasion Plans for England & Wales Author(s)_DemosthenesMappe A [] Militrgeographische Angaben ber England [] 3 Auflage, Abgeschlossen am 31 August 1941. Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres, Abteilung fr Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen This is a scarce item, forming a substantial part of the German invasion plans for Britain, published by the German Army General Staff, department of military mapping and surveying. Most maps and books are headed Nur fr den Dienstgebrauch!, for official use!. The plans were

especially where they contradict one another (‘five to one would be odds even against Culley or the Game Chicken’ and Spenser stood in danger of being overwhelmed)

84 x 64 cm

Droits de l’homme

42 x 57 cm

Neil Rooke and Graily Hewitt

with wood-engraved frontispiece and a number of text illustrations

Modern tan calf with gilt ruled covers and fully gilt spines with contrasting lettering and numbering pieces

in pocket on front pastedown

each representing some idea or philosophy that had resonated with the artist

a chart of the Caspian Sea after Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

it was first published with a modest 26 maps in 1544

printed in colours on thin paper