First Printing: The Antique Maps and Prints Blog

First Printing is a weekly blog devoted to antique maps and antique prints. We announce meetings, events, exhibitions, etc. We also list upcoming auctions and antiquarian bookfairs. Please email us if you want to announce an event.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Events, Exhibitions, Fairs, Auctions. Oct 8 - Oct 21, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events

October 12, Oxford. The Oxford Seminars in Cartography present Matthew Edney, (Director, History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin, Madison / Associate Professor and Faculty Scholar, Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine, Portland), discussing Mapping Empires, Mapping Bodies: Reflections On The Uses and Abuses of Cartography. Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. Board Room, 5-6:30 pm. Further info, email Nick Millea or call 01865 287119.

October 14, New York City. New York Map Society Meeting, at The New York Historical Society to view their map collection. 2:30 pm, 170 Central Park West, 2nd floor reading room. RSVP by email.

October 18, New York City. The Mercator Society Meeting, at the New York Public Library. Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 206. Begins at 6:00 pm. Please email Sarah Kimmerle or call (212) 930-0654 if you plan to attend.

October 19, Chicago. The Newberry Library. Barbara Mundy, Fordham University, presents Mapping the New World for the Spanish Kings, an illustrated talk on maps of Mexico drawn by indigenous artists. 60 West Walton Street. A reception at 5:30 pm precedes the talk at 6:00 pm.

October 19, Washington DC. The Washington Map Society. Meeting at 7:00 pm, Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Maritime writer and lecturer Robert N. Macomber will present Taking You There: Using Original Maps & Charts to Tell a Tale. For more info, email Dennis Gurtz, or call 301-320-0500 x450.

Antique Maps & Prints Exhibitions

For a listing of upcoming exhibitions, please visit our exhibitions page.

Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

October 14-15, Seattle, Washington. Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. 206-323-3999.

October 15, Long Island, New York. The Long Island Paper & Ephemera Show. Camelot Hall/Catapano Engineering Bldg. 585 Broadhollow Rd. (Rt. 110), Huntington, New York. info: flamingoshows@aol.com

Auction Calendar

October 17. Bonhams. Fine Books & Manuscripts.

October 18. Dorothy Sloan. Auction to Benefit the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming. The auction includes western Americana and maps.

October 19. PBA Galleries. Americana Exploration Sporting Natural History Cartography.


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