First Printing: The Antique Maps and Antique 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.

Monday, June 04, 2007

Antique Maps & Antique Prints News

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events

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.

June 9, Beacon, New York. The New York Map Society will be visiting the Beacon Institute to view a map, created by cartographer Connie Brown, and an exhibit, about the Hudson River Watershed. See the map society meeting page for full details.

June 12, Denver. Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Map Society, 6:30 PM, at home of Richard and Marcia Baum. The meeting will focus on Richard Baum's collection: Maps as Art, Geographical Oddities, and Geopolitical Landmarks. For more information, contact California Map Society is conducting a field trip to the Chabot Space and Science Center, 10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland. Among other presentations, Nick Kanas, M.D. will discuss the Golden Age of Pictorial Celestial Cartography, 1600-1800, and Phil Simon will discuss puzzle maps from around the world, from ancient to modern. See the society's meeting page for more information, or email Phil Simon.


Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.

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


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

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

June 30, Cooperstown, New York. Cooperstown Antiquarian Book Fair, Clark Sports Center, Susquehanna Avenue, Cooperstown. For information: 607-638-9962.

July 1, Portland, Maine. 2007 Maine Antique Paper Show. Holiday Inn West, 81 Riverside Street, Portland. For information: 207-828-8065.

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.

July 28, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Antiquarian Book Fair at the Castle. John Dewey Academy (Searles Castle), Main Street, Route 7, Great Barrington. For information: 413-441-1010.


Auction Calendar

June 12, Bath. Bonhams. Printed Books & Maps, Part 1.

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.

June 26, London. Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps, Manuscripts, and Photography.

July 3, Bath. Bonhams. Printed Books & Maps, Part 2.

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