Antique Maps & Antique Prints News, May 18, 2007

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events

May 29, Toronto, Canada. Upper Canada Map Society meeting, 6:00 pm. University of Toronto, Robarts Library, Room 4049, 130 St. George's Street. The 1701 Samuel Clowes Map - Part of a Deed From the Iroquois to the King of England of a Vast Tract of Land. Dr. Alexander von Gernet, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, will present a lecture on the Clowes map, which deeded a large tract of Iroquois land to the King of England, in exchange for a guarantee of the Iroquois' hunting rights thereupon. For more information, please contact Megan Webster.

June 8-9, London. Annual meeting of the International Map Collectors' Society. The annual dinner is at 7:30 pm on the Friday, at the East India Club, 16 St. James Square. The meeting and lectures take place on Saturday at 10:30 am. For more information, please contact the IMCoS Secretary.


Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.

For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

May 31 - June 1, New York. West Side Loft Book & Ephemera Fair. Arts Building, 336 West 37th Street 6th floor. Thursday 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM; Friday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM.

June 8-9, London. Annual London Map Fair. Olympia 2 Exhibition Centre, Hammersmith Road, London.

June 10, Portland, Maine. Portland Book, Print & Paper Show, Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring Street Portland , ME 04101

July 14, Lenox, Massachusetts. Lenox Book & Ephemera Show. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Lenox Community Center, 65 Walker Street. For more information, call 413-528-2327.

Auction Calendar

May 23, London. Bonhams. Exploration, Travel, & Topographical Pictures.

June 14, New York. Swann Galleries. Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Historical Prints.

June 7, Falls Church, Virginia. Waverly Auctions. Fine & Rare Books, including Maps & Atlases.

June 20, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.

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