Antique Maps & Antique Prints News April, 2007
Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events
March 29, London. At the Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London. 5:00 p.m. Maps and Society, Sixteenth Series. Drs Michael Winstanley and Bill Shannon (Department of History, University of Lancaster) discuss Lord Burghley and Elizabethan Maps of Lancashire.
April 3, London. International Map Collectors' Society. 6:00 pm. Collectors' meeting at Farmers Club, 3 Whitehall Court, London SW1. The meeting will be chaired by Francis Herbert. The theme of the evening will be the 400th anniversary of the Dutch discovery of Australia, and related maps.
April 10, Denver. The Rocky Mountain Map Society , 6:00 pm, Denver Public Library. 13th Ave and Broadway, 5th floor, Gates Room. Steve Hoffenberg will present The Cartography of Indian Country, focusing on the Act of Congress establishing Indian Country in 1834. His presentation includes U.S. and Western maps illustrating the evolution of Indian Country.
April 14, New Haven, Connecticut. 2:30 pm. New York Map Society meets at Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. Abe Parrish, interim Curator of the Yale Map Collection, will lead the discussion. Members only, rsvp Heather Kinsinger.
April 19, Washington D.C. Meeting of the Washington Map Society, 7:00 p.m., Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Dating Old Maps with the Print Clock, presented by Dr. Blair Hedges, professor of biology at Penn State. Dr. Blair has developed a way of estimating the dates of woodblock and copperplate prints. Information about this remarkable project is available on the internet. For more information, call 202-289-4545 or email to Chas Langelan.
April 25, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Annual Arthur Holzheimer Lecture Series, Maps and America. American Geographical Society Library, 6: 00 pm. University of Wisconsin. 2311 East Hartford Ave., Milwaukee. Lecture on History of the U.S. Coast Survey, by Dr. John Cloud.
April 26, London. At the Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London. 5:00 p.m. Maps and Society, Sixteenth Series. Hugh Prince, formerly of the Department of Geography, University College London, will present: Surveyor or Plagiarist? The Parks on John Warburton's Map of Hertfordshire (c. 1724).
Antique Maps & Prints Exhibitions
For a list of upcoming exhibitions, please visit our Exhibitions Schedule.
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
March 31-April 1, Boston, MA. Boston Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Bayside Exposition Center, Boston. Information: 781-862-4039, or info@neantiqueshows.com In conjunction with Boston Antiques Weekend.
March 31-April 1, Garden City, NY. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House (St. Paul’s School) 295 Stewart Avenue Garden City, N.Y. Information: 631-261-4590.
April 6-7, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair. University of New Mexico Conference Center; 1634 University Blvd NE Information: 505-291-9653.
April 15, Burlington, Vermont. Vermont Antiquarian Book Fair. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, VT. Information: 802-527-7243.
April 20-22, New York. New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets, New York City. Preview Gala, to benefit the New York Public Library, April 19. Information: 212-930-0730.
Auction Calendar
March 28, London. Bloomsbury Book Auctions. Part I. 100 Important Atlases, Maps and Books on Travel & Natural History. Part II. Atlases, Maps and Books on Travel & Natural History.
April 11-12, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.
April 16-17, New York. Christies. The Frank S. Streeter Library: Important Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography, Science.
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March 29, London. At the Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London. 5:00 p.m. Maps and Society, Sixteenth Series. Drs Michael Winstanley and Bill Shannon (Department of History, University of Lancaster) discuss Lord Burghley and Elizabethan Maps of Lancashire.
April 3, London. International Map Collectors' Society. 6:00 pm. Collectors' meeting at Farmers Club, 3 Whitehall Court, London SW1. The meeting will be chaired by Francis Herbert. The theme of the evening will be the 400th anniversary of the Dutch discovery of Australia, and related maps.
April 10, Denver. The Rocky Mountain Map Society , 6:00 pm, Denver Public Library. 13th Ave and Broadway, 5th floor, Gates Room. Steve Hoffenberg will present The Cartography of Indian Country, focusing on the Act of Congress establishing Indian Country in 1834. His presentation includes U.S. and Western maps illustrating the evolution of Indian Country.
April 14, New Haven, Connecticut. 2:30 pm. New York Map Society meets at Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. Abe Parrish, interim Curator of the Yale Map Collection, will lead the discussion. Members only, rsvp Heather Kinsinger.
April 19, Washington D.C. Meeting of the Washington Map Society, 7:00 p.m., Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Dating Old Maps with the Print Clock, presented by Dr. Blair Hedges, professor of biology at Penn State. Dr. Blair has developed a way of estimating the dates of woodblock and copperplate prints. Information about this remarkable project is available on the internet. For more information, call 202-289-4545 or email to Chas Langelan.
April 25, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Annual Arthur Holzheimer Lecture Series, Maps and America. American Geographical Society Library, 6: 00 pm. University of Wisconsin. 2311 East Hartford Ave., Milwaukee. Lecture on History of the U.S. Coast Survey, by Dr. John Cloud.
April 26, London. At the Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London. 5:00 p.m. Maps and Society, Sixteenth Series. Hugh Prince, formerly of the Department of Geography, University College London, will present: Surveyor or Plagiarist? The Parks on John Warburton's Map of Hertfordshire (c. 1724).
Antique Maps & Prints Exhibitions
For a list of upcoming exhibitions, please visit our Exhibitions Schedule.
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
March 31-April 1, Boston, MA. Boston Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Bayside Exposition Center, Boston. Information: 781-862-4039, or info@neantiqueshows.com In conjunction with Boston Antiques Weekend.
March 31-April 1, Garden City, NY. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House (St. Paul’s School) 295 Stewart Avenue Garden City, N.Y. Information: 631-261-4590.
April 6-7, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair. University of New Mexico Conference Center; 1634 University Blvd NE Information: 505-291-9653.
April 15, Burlington, Vermont. Vermont Antiquarian Book Fair. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, VT. Information: 802-527-7243.
April 20-22, New York. New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets, New York City. Preview Gala, to benefit the New York Public Library, April 19. Information: 212-930-0730.
Auction Calendar
March 28, London. Bloomsbury Book Auctions. Part I. 100 Important Atlases, Maps and Books on Travel & Natural History. Part II. Atlases, Maps and Books on Travel & Natural History.
April 11-12, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.
April 16-17, New York. Christies. The Frank S. Streeter Library: Important Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography, Science.
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