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My list of "Ballads for the Optic Nerve":
 
Washburn, Bradford, Map of Mount McKinley.  This is my favorite example of a
beautiful map.  It is still available from the Univ. of Alaska Press (folded,
and for a relatively low price, I think).  Mr. Washburn's report of the making
of the map appeared in the Geographical Review some time ago.  It was
interesting reading.  Write for details about this and other maps mentioned
below.
 
The DuFour map of Switzerland, turn of the century, 1:100,000 scale, topographic
map series.  Beautiful hachuring.
 
Heinrich Bollmann city maps.
 
The U.S.G.S. 1:500,000 shaded relief map of Nevada.
 
The hand-colored geologic maps of England and Wales, scale 1:63,360.
 
And abstract art in map form:  Geological Survey of Canada, National Earth
Science Series, map NK-20-GR (BA) Shelburne, Nova Scotia, gravity - Bouguer
Anomalies.
 
Survey of India topographic maps.
 
Touring Club Italiano 1:250,000 topographic series from the 1920-1930's.
 
Mary Galneder, Arthur H. Robinson Map Library, 310 Science Hall, University of
Wisconsin, 550 N. Park St., Madison, WI  53706-1491, (608) 262-1471,
GALNEDER @ WISCMACC.BITNET or GALNEDER @ MACC.WISC.EDU