Antique Maps & Prints News, January 10, 2009
Antique Map & Print Meetings
January 15, Washington, DC. 7:00 PM. National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue at 9th Street, NW. Meeting of The Washington Map Society. A presentation by Anthony P. Mullen of the Library of Congress entitled Jouhan de la Guilbaudiere, his "Buccaneer's Atlas", and the Beginning of French Commerce along the Pacific Coast of South America ca. 1700. Mullen's presentation investigates an unusual, late-17th century manuscript atlas prepared by Guilbaudiere. For more information, email Dennis Gurtz, or call 301-926-1743.
January 22, Chicago. 5:30 PM. The Chicago Map Society meets in the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street. The meeting will focus on Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, on the 100th anniversary of its creation. The Burnham Plan, never fully realized, is nonetheless a vital document in Chicago's development that continues to influence urban planning in the city. Former president of the Chicago Map Society, Dennis McClendon, will lead the discussion.
January 22, London. 5:00 PM. Maps and Society Eighteenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Dr Benjamin Olshin (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, History, and History of Science, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia) will present Speculations and Discoveries: Brazil and the Other Side of the Globe at the end of the 15th Century. Free admission, with refreshments following the lecture. More info, call +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 or email Tony Campbell.
January 27, Denver. 5:30 PM. Denver Public Library, 13th and Broadway, Gates Room. Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Map Society, featuring a discussion led by University of Virginia librarians Karin Wittenborg and Hoke Perkins about the renowned antique map collections of the University of Virgina.
February 2, Oxford. 5:00 PM. 16th Annual Series of the Oxford Series in Cartography presents Treasures of the Christ Church Library at Oxford University. Reservations required, email Nick Millea, or call 01865 287119.
February 17, Cambridge. 5:30 PM, Harrod's Room, Emmanuel College. Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography. Frances Willmoth of Jesus College, Cambridge will discuss Jonas Moore's Map of the Fens. For more information, email Sarah Bendall, or call 01223 330476.
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
January 16-17, New York City. Books at the 25th Street Armory. 26th Street at Lexington Avenue. An antiquarian book fair. For more information call 215-862-5828.
February 7-8, Miami. 101 West Flagler Street. Sixteenth Annual International Map Fair. One of the most significant antique map fairs on the annual calendar. Held at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Dealers from around the world will be showing at this fair.
February 13-15, San Francisco. ABAA 42nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair. Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th Street. Billed as the country's largest antiquarian book fair, with more than 240 rare book dealers in attendance. For information, 800-454-6401.
February 20-22, New York City. Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair. P.S. Three, 490 Hudson Street. Visit website for details.
Auction Calendar
January 26, New York. Bloomsbury Auctions. Decorative American Prints, Maps, and Atlases.
January 28, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books and Maps.
January 29, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Hawaiiana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography.
February 12, New York. Christies. Printed and Manuscript Americana.
February 24, Oxford. Bonhams. Printed Book and 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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January 15, Washington, DC. 7:00 PM. National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue at 9th Street, NW. Meeting of The Washington Map Society. A presentation by Anthony P. Mullen of the Library of Congress entitled Jouhan de la Guilbaudiere, his "Buccaneer's Atlas", and the Beginning of French Commerce along the Pacific Coast of South America ca. 1700. Mullen's presentation investigates an unusual, late-17th century manuscript atlas prepared by Guilbaudiere. For more information, email Dennis Gurtz, or call 301-926-1743.
January 22, Chicago. 5:30 PM. The Chicago Map Society meets in the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street. The meeting will focus on Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, on the 100th anniversary of its creation. The Burnham Plan, never fully realized, is nonetheless a vital document in Chicago's development that continues to influence urban planning in the city. Former president of the Chicago Map Society, Dennis McClendon, will lead the discussion.
January 22, London. 5:00 PM. Maps and Society Eighteenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Dr Benjamin Olshin (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, History, and History of Science, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia) will present Speculations and Discoveries: Brazil and the Other Side of the Globe at the end of the 15th Century. Free admission, with refreshments following the lecture. More info, call +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 or email Tony Campbell.
January 27, Denver. 5:30 PM. Denver Public Library, 13th and Broadway, Gates Room. Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Map Society, featuring a discussion led by University of Virginia librarians Karin Wittenborg and Hoke Perkins about the renowned antique map collections of the University of Virgina.
February 2, Oxford. 5:00 PM. 16th Annual Series of the Oxford Series in Cartography presents Treasures of the Christ Church Library at Oxford University. Reservations required, email Nick Millea, or call 01865 287119.
February 17, Cambridge. 5:30 PM, Harrod's Room, Emmanuel College. Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography. Frances Willmoth of Jesus College, Cambridge will discuss Jonas Moore's Map of the Fens. For more information, email Sarah Bendall, or call 01223 330476.
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
January 16-17, New York City. Books at the 25th Street Armory. 26th Street at Lexington Avenue. An antiquarian book fair. For more information call 215-862-5828.
February 7-8, Miami. 101 West Flagler Street. Sixteenth Annual International Map Fair. One of the most significant antique map fairs on the annual calendar. Held at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Dealers from around the world will be showing at this fair.
February 13-15, San Francisco. ABAA 42nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair. Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th Street. Billed as the country's largest antiquarian book fair, with more than 240 rare book dealers in attendance. For information, 800-454-6401.
February 20-22, New York City. Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair. P.S. Three, 490 Hudson Street. Visit website for details.
Auction Calendar
January 26, New York. Bloomsbury Auctions. Decorative American Prints, Maps, and Atlases.
January 28, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books and Maps.
January 29, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Hawaiiana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography.
February 12, New York. Christies. Printed and Manuscript Americana.
February 24, Oxford. Bonhams. Printed Book and 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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