Antique Maps & Prints News, November 15, 2008

Antique Map & Print Meetings

November 19, Charlottesville, NC. 4:00 PM, The Harrison-Small Auditorium, Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. Map collector and map historian David Rumsey presents Giving Maps a Second Life with Digital Technologies. Rumsey's stunning, digitized map collection is one of the most extensive digitized antique map collections on the internet. Reception follows Mr. Rumsey's presentation.

November 20, Oxford. 5:00 PM. The Oxford Seminars in Cartography, Board Room, University of Oxford Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road. Richard Oliver of the University of Exeter presents: At the end of the queue: the Ordnance Survey one-inch in the later nineteenth century. For more information email Nick Millea, Bodleian Library map librarian.

November 20, New York. 5:30 PM. The Mercator Society of the New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, presents Vincent Virga, author of Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations and Historic Maps and Views of New York.Space is limited. R.S.V.P. 212-930-0856.

November 25, Cambridge, England. 5:30 PM. Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street. The Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2008-2009. Spike Bucklow of The Hamilton Kerr Institute will discuss technical aspects of the Hereford Mappa Mundi. Refreshments to follow. For information, email Sarah Bendell.

November 26, Vienna. 5:00 PM. Annual meeting of the General Assembly of the International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes. Palais Mollard, 2nd floor, Herrengasse 9.

December 3, Washington, DC. 7:00 PM. National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue at 9th Street, NW. The Washington Map Society, in cooperation with the National Archives, presents a panel discussion, The Treaty of Paris and the U.S.-Canadian Border, and the 'Mitchell Map.' From 5:45 - 6:45 PM, attendees will be able to take in the exhibit, 1783: Subject or Citizen? by special arrangement with the Archives. For more information, email Pete Porrazzo or call 703-883-1843.

December 4, London. 5:00 PM. Maps and Society Eighteenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Professor Francesca Rochberg (Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley) will present: New Light on the Maps and Mapping in Ancient Mesopotamia. Free admission, with refreshments following the lecture. More info, call +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 or email Tony Campbell.

December 9, Boston. 5:30 - 8:00 PM. The Boston Map Society meets at the Boston Public Library and presents The Early Printed Cartography of Scandinavia, a lecture by William B. Ginsberg. Mr. Ginsberg is the author of Printed Maps of Scandinavia and the Arctic, 1482 -1601. McKim Building, Orientation Room. For more info email Ky Kylander.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

November 14 - 16, Boston. Boston Antiquarian Book Fair. Hynes Convention Center. The 32nd annual.

November 15, Boston. Boston Book, Print, and Ephemera Show. Park Plaza Castle, Boston. For info contact 978-535-4811.

November 22-23, Richmond, VA. Richmond Antiques and Book Fair. The Showplace, 3000 Mechanicsville Pike (Route 360). 804-462-6190.

November 29, Portland, ME. Southern Maine Antique Paper Show. Holiday Inn West 81 Riverside Street. 207-828-8065.

January 2-3, 2009. East Hanover, NJ. New Jersey Antiquarian Book Fair. Ramada Inn and Conference Center, 130 Route 10 West. For more information, call 802-464-8438, or email.

January 4, Nashua, NH. New Hampshire Works on Paper. Nashua Holiday Inn, 9 Northeastern Blvd. For information call 603-509-2639.


Auction Calendar

November 18, New York. Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana.

November 19, New York. Bloomsbury Auctions. The Jay T. Snider Collection, featuring the History of Philadelphia and Important Americana.

November 21. Online. Old World Auctions.

December 1, Online. The Virtual Antique Map Fair.

December 2, Oxford. Bonhams. Printed Books, Atlases, and Maps.

December 4, New York. Swann Galleries. 100 Rare & Important Maps & Atlases; and Travel Books Featuring Works on Africa, Maps & Atlases, Natural History and Historical Prints.

December 5, New York. Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana.

December 10, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.

December 11, New York. Sothebys. Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana.


Antique Map & Print Exhibitions

Charlottesville, VA. Through January 17, 2009. On The Map: The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps, 1500-1800. At the main gallery, Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia.


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Antique Maps & Prints -- Meetings, Fairs & Auctions

Antique Map & Print Meetings

November 6, London. 5:00 PM. Maps and Society Eighteenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Graham Dolan, the Senior Educational Officer for The Greenwich Observatory, will present: On the Meridian of Greenwich: When did it Move, and Why, and Where is it? Free admission, with refreshments following the lecture. More info, call +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 or email Tony Campbell.

November 8, New York City. 2:30 PM. New York Public Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. The addition of later color to uncolored antique maps is a controversial topic. At this meeting of the New York Map Society, artist, colorist, and map collector Dorothy Raphaely will discuss her map coloring work and the issues it raises.

November 13, Washington DC. 7:00 PM. The Washington Map Society meeting, Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Dr. John Hessler, Senior Reference Librarian, Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, presents: Zeno's Mice: Martin Waldseemüller, Johannes Schöner, and the Rise of Theoretical Cartography 1490-1525. Dr. Hessler's writings include work on Renaissance cartography, and he has recently translated and commented on Waldseemüller's Cosmographiae Introductio. For more details call Jim Lightfoot, 301-932-9004.

November 19, Charlottesville, NC. 4:00 PM, The Harrison-Small Auditorium, Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. Map collector and map historian David Rumsey presents Giving Maps a Second Life with Digital Technologies. Rumsey's stunning, digitized map collection is one of the most extensive digitized antique map collections on the internet. Reception follows Mr. Rumsey's presentation.

November 20, Oxford. 5:00 PM. The Oxford Seminars in Cartography, Board Room, University of Oxford Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road. Richard Oliver of the University of Exeter presents: At the end of the queue: the Ordnance Survey one-inch in the later nineteenth century. For more information email Nick Millea, Bodleian Library map librarian.

November 25, Cambridge, England. 5:30 PM. Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street. The Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2008-2009. Spike Bucklow of The Hamilton Kerr Institute will discuss technical aspects of the Hereford Mappa Mundi. Refreshments to follow. For information, email Sarah Bendell.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

November 9, Albany, New York. Albany Antiquarian Book Fair. The Washington Avenue Armory, 195 Washington Avenue. Presented by the Albany Institute of History and Art.

November 14 - 16, Boston. Boston Antiquarian Book Fair. Hynes Convention Center. The 32nd annual.

November 15, Boston. Boston Book, Print, and Ephemera Show. Park Plaza Castle, Boston. For info contact 978-535-4811.

November 22-23, Richmond, VA. Richmond Antiques and Book Fair. The Showplace, 3000 Mechanicsville Pike (Route 360). 804-462-6190.

November 29, Portland, ME. Southern Maine Antique Paper Show. Holiday Inn West 81 Riverside Street. 207-828-8065.

Auction Calendar

November 4, London. Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps, Manuscripts, and Photographs.

November 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps, Historical Documents & Ephemera.

November 6, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel, & Maps.

November 11, New York. Bloomsbury Auctions. Natural History, including the Trust of Lynn Abbott Collection.

November 13, Falls Church, VA. Waverly Auctions. Fine & Rare Books, Maps & Atlases.

November 13, London. Sotheby's. Natural History, Travel, Atlases, & Maps.

November 16, Boston. Skinner Auctions. Fine Books & Manuscripts.

November 18, New York. Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana.

November 19, New York. Bloomsbury Auctions. The Jay T. Snider Collection, featuring the History of Philadelphia and Important Americana.

December 1, Online. The Virtual Antique Map Fair.

December 2, Oxford. Bonhams. Printed Books, Atlases, and Maps.

December 10, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.

Antique Map & Print Exhibitions

Charlottesville, VA. Through January 17, 2009. On The Map: The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps, 1500-1800. At the main gallery, Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia.


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Antique Maps & Prints -- Meetings, Fairs & Auctions

Antique Map & Print Meetings

October 29,Toronto. 6:00 PM. The Upper Canada Map Society. University of Toronto, Robarts Library, Room 4049, 130 St. George Street. Richard Feltoe, a military historian, presents The Mystery of the Rotating Map - An Incident from the War of 1812. Open to the public. For more info, email Megan Webster.

October 30, Washington, D.C. 7:00 PM. Washington Map Society meeting, featuring an evening with Jeremy Pool, publisher of the Antique Map Price Record, who will discuss a wide range of topics about this bible of antique map prices. The Antique Map Price Record has been published for 25 years, beginning as a hardcover annual book, and now a software publication.

November 6, London. 5:00 PM. Maps and Society Eighteenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Graham Dolan, the Senior Educational Officer for The Greenwich Observatory, will present: On the Meridian of Greenwich: When did it Move, and Why, and Where is it? Free admission, with refreshments following the lecture. More info, call +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 or email Tony Campbell.

November 8, New York City. 2:30 PM. New York Public Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. The addition of later color to uncolored antique maps is a controversial topic. At this meeting of the New York Map Society, artist, colorist, and map collector Dorothy Raphaely will discuss her map coloring work and the issues it raises.

November 13, Washington DC. 7:00 PM. The Washington Map Society meeting, Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Dr. John Hessler, Senior Reference Librarian, Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, presents: Zeno's Mice: Martin Waldseemüller, Johannes Schöner, and the Rise of Theoretical Cartography 1490-1525. Dr. Hessler's writings include work on Renaissance cartography, and he has recently translated and commented on Waldseemüller's Cosmographiae Introductio. For more details call Jim Lightfoot, 301-932-9004.

November 20, Oxford. 5:00 PM. The Oxford Seminars in Cartography, Board Room, University of Oxford Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road. Richard Oliver of the University of Exeter presents: At the end of the queue: the Ordnance Survey one-inch in the later nineteenth century. For more information email Nick Millea, Bodleian Library map librarian.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

October 11-12, Seattle, WA. Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. For information call 206-323-3999.

October 17-18, New York City. West Side Antiquarian Book & Ephemera Fair. 135 West 18th Street, NYC. For information call 413-528-2327 or bgventer@bookfairs.com

October 25-26, Houston, TX. Houston Book, Postcard & Paper Fair. Stafford Center, 10505 Cash Road, Stafford, TX. For information, call 281-565-0771.

October 25-26, Ottawa, ON. 28th Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fair. Hampton Inn Conference Center, 200 Coventry Road. For information contact hrk@hrkahnbooks.com

October 26, Chicago, IL. Chicago Antiquarian Book Fair. De Paul University, Student Center, 2250 North Sheffield. For information contact books@bookleggers.com

November 1-2, Garden City, NY. Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue. For information call 603-509-2639.

November 2, Toronto, ON. 18th Toronto Book Fair. St. Lawrence Market, 92 Front Street East. For information call 416-483-6471 or email.

November 9, Albany, New York. Albany Antiquarian Book Fair. The Armory, 195 Washington Avenue. For information, call 518-449-5419.

November 14 - 16, Boston. Boston Antiquarian Book Fair. Hynes Convention Center. The 32nd annual.

November 15, Boston. Boston Book, Print, and Ephemera Show. Park Plaza Castle, Boston. For info contact 978-535-4811.

Auction Calendar

November 4, London. Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps, Manuscripts, and Photographs.

November 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps, Historical Documents & Ephemera.

November 6, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel, & Maps.

November 11, New York. Bloomsbury Auctions. Natural History, including the Trust of Lynn Abbott Collection.

November 13, Falls Church, VA. Waverly Auctions. Fine & Rare Books, Maps & Atlases.

November 13, London. Sotheby's. Natural History, Travel, Atlases, & Maps.

November 19, New York. Bloomsbury Auctions. The Jay T. Snider Collection, featuring the History of Philadelphia and Important Americana.


Antique Map & Print Exhibitions

Charlottesville, VA. Through January 17, 2009. On The Map: The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps, 1500-1800. At the main gallery, Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia.


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Antique Map & Print Meetings

October 18, Winchester, VA. The Washington Map Society takes a field trip to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, to take in an exhibit entitled Jed Hotchkiss: Shenandoah Valley Mapmaker. For more information, email Howard Lange, or call 703-532-1605.

October 30, Washington, D.C. 7:00 PM. Washington Map Society meeting, featuring an evening with Jeremy Pool, publisher of the Antique Map Price Record, who will discuss a wide range of topics about this bible of antique map prices. The Antique Map Price Record has been the published for 25 years, beginning as a hardcover annual book, and now a software publication.

November 8, New York City. 2:30 PM. New York Public Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. The addition of later color to uncolored antique maps is a controversial topic. At this meeting of the New York Map Society, artist, colorist, and map collector Dorothy Raphaely will discuss her map coloring work and the issues it raises.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

October 11-12, Seattle, WA. Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. For information call 206-323-3999.

October 17-18, New York City. West Side Antiquarian Book & Ephemera Fair. 135 West 18th Street, NYC. For information call 413-528-2327 or bgventer@bookfairs.com

October 25-26, Houston, TX. Houston Book, Postcard & Paper Fair. Stafford Center, 10505 Cash Road, Stafford, TX. For information, call 281-565-0771.

October 25-26, Ottawa, ON. 28th Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fair. Hampton Inn Conference Center, 200 Coventry Road. For information contact hrk@hrkahnbooks.com

October 26, Chicago, IL. Chicago Antiquarian Book Fair. De Paul University, Student Center, 2250 North Sheffield. For information contact books@bookleggers.com

November 1-2, Garden City, NY. Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue. For information call 603-509-2639.

November 2, Toronto, ON. 18th Toronto Book Fair. St. Lawrence Market, 92 Front Street East. For information call 416-483-6471 or email.


Auction Calendar

November 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps, Historical Documents & Ephemera.

November 6, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel, & Maps.

November 13, Falls Church, VA. Waverly Auctions. Fine & Rare Books, Maps & Atlases.


Antique Map & Print Exhibitions

Charlottesville, VA. Through January 17, 2009. On The Map: The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps, 1500-1800. At the main gallery, Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia.


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Antique Maps & Prints News, September 1, 2008

Antique Map & Print Meetings

September 5-7, Budapest. The International Map Collector's Society meets in Budapest this weekend for a map symposium. For more information, contact Dr. Zsolt Torok.

September 13, New York. 2:30 pm, New York Public Library. Meeting of the New York Map Society, featuring Dr. Barbara Mundy, associate professor, Department of Art History and Music, Fordham University. Dr. Mundy's presentation is entitled Mapping the New World for The Spanish Kings: Indigenous Artists and the Creation of Colonial Cartography. For more information contact John Woram.

September 25, Washington D.C. Meeting of the Washington Map Society. 7:00 P.M., Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Madison Building, B level, 101 Independence Avenue. In a politically timely presentation, Professor Kenneth Martis, Professor of Geography at West Virginia University, will speak on The History of the Election Map. Professor Martis is the author or co-author of six, well-received political books, including The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts: 1789-1983. For more information, email Dennis Gurtz, or call 301-926-1743.

Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

September 6-7, Santa Monica, CA. The Santa Monica Antiquarian Book, Print, Photo and Paper Fair, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. For information call 209-358-3134.

September 6-7, Columbus, OH. Columbus Book & Paper Show. Veterans Memorial Hall, 300 West Broad Street. For information, call 614-781-0070.

September 7, Portland, ME. Southern Maine Antique Paper Show. Holiday Inn West, 81 Riverside Street. (Exit 48 Maine Pike). For information, call 207 828-8065.

September 13, Rochester, NY. Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair. Minett Hall, Monroe County Fairgrounds. For information call 585-325-2050.

September 19-20, Denver. Rocky Mountain Antique Map Fair, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Map Society. The fair takes place at the Denver Central Library, 13th & Broadway. For information, email Myron West or call 307-631-8599.

September 20, Sacramento, CA. Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair. Scottish Rite Temple, 6151 H Street. For information, call Jim Kay, 916-849-9248.

October 3-4, Santa Fe, NM. Santa Fe Antiquarian Book Show. 1615 Paseo de Peralta. For information, call 505-983-0088.


Auction Calendar

September 3, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. British Topographical Books & Maps, Vintage Photography.

September 8, Online. Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Atlases and Decorative Graphics.

September 11, London. Bloomsbury Auctions. Maps and Atlases.

September 11, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel & Exploration, and Cartography.

September 17, New York. Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile Sale, including Americana and Maps.

September 24, Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm Auction House. Rare Atlases, Maps and Plate Books from Ericsberg Castle. Viewing is September 20-23.

September 25, London. Christies. Exploration and Travel.

October 1, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps, Historical Documents & Ephemera.


Antique Map & Print Exhibitions

Charlottesville, VA. Through January 17, 2009. On The Map: The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps, 1500-1800. At the main gallery, Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia.


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Antique Maps & Prints News, August 5, 2008

Antique Map & Print Meetings

August 14, Littleton, CO. Rocky Mountain Map Society members are invited to a hands-on demonstration of the lithographic process by Professor Jim Jereb, head of the printmaking department at Truman State University. The event takes place at the Littleton Historical Museum, 6028 S. Gallup Street, at 7 pm.

August 23, Chapel Hill, NC. An event for members of the William P. Cumming Map Society, at the Wilson Library of UNC. Guest speakers are Elizabeth Chenault, Co-manager, Rare Book Collection and Librarian for Public Services, and Nicholas Graham, North Carolina Maps Project Librarian in the Carolina Digital Library and Archives. Chenault will discuss maps found in "non-map" books, while Graham will provide an update on the North Carolina Maps Project. For more information, contact Jay Lester.

September 5-7, Budapest. The International Map Collector's Society meets in Budapest this weekend for a map symposium. For more information, contact Dr. Zsolt Torok.

September 13, New York. 2:30 pm, New York Public Library. Meeting of the New York Map Society, featuring Dr. Barbara Mundy, associate professor, Department of Art History and Music, Fordham University. Dr. Mundy's presentation is entitled Mapping the New World for The Spanish Kings: Indigenous Artists and the Creation of Colonial Cartography. For more information contact John Woram.

Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

August 9 - 10, Jacksonville, Arkansas. Arkansas Book & Paper Fair. Community Center, 105 Municipal Drive, Jacksonville. 501-336-9313.

August 9-10, San Francisco. Vintage Paper Fair. Golden Gate Park. 415-688-1536.

August 10, Woodstock, VT. Vermont Summer Bookfair 2008. Woodstock Union Area,
Route 4 West (next to the High School). For info contact Austin's Books.

August 16, Cincinnati, OH. Cincinnati Antiquarian Book Fair. 7777 Ted Gregory Lane, Montgomery. 513-321-7567.

August 23-24, Hartford, CT. PaperMania Plus. Hartford Civic Center. 860-563-9975.

August 23-24, Sacramento, CA. Antique Paper and Postcard Show. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H Street, Sacramento. 916-971-1953.

August 24, Toledo, OH. Toledo Postcard and Paper Show. Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH. 517- 323-2188.

August 28-31, Baltimore, MD. Baltimore Summer Antiques Show and Book Fair. Baltimore Convention Center, 1 West Pratt Street, Baltimore. 561-822-5440.

August 29-30, Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Antiquarian Book Fair. Decatur Conference Center, 130 Clairmont Road, Atlanta. 404-713-1521.


Auction Calendar

August 12, Bolton, MA. Skinner Auctions. Discovery Auction. Includes a number of Currier & Ives prints.

August 27, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps, Historical Documents & Ephemera.

August 28, Edinburgh, Scotland. Bonhams. The Scottish Sale: Books, Maps, & Manuscripts.

September 3, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. British Topographical Books & Maps, Vintage Photography.

September 24, Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm Auction House. Rare Atlases, Maps and Plate Books from Ericsberg Castle. Viewing is September 20-23.


Antique Map & Print Exhibitions

Charlottesville, VA. Through January 17, 2009. On The Map: The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps, 1500-1800. At the main gallery, Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia.


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