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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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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