Antique Maps & Antique Prints - Meeting and Lectures
May 29, London. 5:00 pm. University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme - Rose Mitchell of the National Archives presents Castles in the Air? Sixteenth-Century Fortification Plans in The National Archives. The series is sponsored by The International Map Collectors' Society, Imago Mundi, Jonathan Potter, Ltd., and Ash Rare Books. Open to public, free admission.
June 3 ,New York City. 5:30 - 7:30 pm. New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, South Court Auditorium. The Mercator Society presents a discussion by well-known map dealer Graham Arader III, on What Makes a Map an Icon? What Makes a Map Important? Please contact Ilene Kaplowitz at (212) 930-0856 with any questions or to RSVP by phone.
June 6 - 7, London. International Map Collectors' Society. June Weekend. East India Club, 16 St. James's Square. On Friday, Nick Millea, Map Librarian of Oxford's Bodleian Library presents The Gough Map: Britain's Oldest Road Map or a Statement of Empire. The lecture is followed by the society's annual dinner, and presentation of the IMCoS - Helen Wallis Award. On Saturday, the Annual General Meeting takes place at the Royal Geographic Society
June 7, Chicago. The Chicago Map Society is putting on a field trip to the Morton Arboretum, to attend a lecture on Mapping Pre-Settlement Vegetation in Illinois. For more information, contact the Arboretum 630-725-2468.
June 10, Golden, Colorado. 6:30 - 8:30 pm. The Rocky Mountain Map Society presents a special meeting at the Colorado School of Mines, 1400 Illinois, to explore their extensive map collection of more than 200,000 maps, including over a thousand unique, hand-drawn maps. Chris Thiry, the School's Librarian, will lead the event. For more information, email Dave Cole, or call him at 970-203-1264.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
May 31 - June 1, Fort Worth, TX. Fort Worth Book, Postcard & Paper Fair. Lockheed-Martin Recreation Center, Fort Worth. Info call 281-565-0771.
May 31 - June 1, Pasadena, CA. The Pasadena Antiquarian Book, Print And Paper Fair.
Pasadena Center, 300 East Green Street. Info call 209-358-3134.
June 1, Concord, NH. The New England Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Everett Arena , Route 9 ( Loudon Road ). Info call 772-778-8032.
June 7 - 8, London. The London Map Fair. Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington. (Enter from Exhibition Road). An annual antique map fair in the heart of London. The fair draws collectors, curators, and dealers from around the world.
June 28, Cooperstown, New York. Cooperstown Antiquarian Bookfair. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-638-9962.
July 5, Lenox, Massachusetts. Lenox Antiquarian Book & Ephemera Fair. Lenox Community Center, 65 Walker Street, Lenox. 413-528-2327.
August 1 - 2, Denver. Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair, Denver Merchandise Mart. I-25 at 58th Avenue, Denver. 307-631-8599.
August 9 - 10, Jacksonville, Arkansas. Arkansas Book & Paper Fair. Community Center, 105 Municipal Drive, Jacksonville. 501-336-9313.
August 10, Woodstock, VT. Vermont Summer Bookfair 2008. Woodstock Union Area,
Route 4 West (next to the High School). For info contact Austin's Books.
Auction Calendar
May 29, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. The Northwest Part of America: The Library of John M. Steinbrugge. (Featuring a Lewis and Clark first edition).
June 2, London. Christies. Printed Books & Manuscripts.
June 3, London. Bonhams. Prints in Bloom. (Botanical Prints).
June 5, New York. Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana.
June 12, New York. Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana.
June 12, Stockholm. Stockholm Auction House. Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts.
June 18, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps, Autographs and Historical Documents.
June 19, New York. Swann Galleries. Maps & Atlases, Natural History, Historical Prints & Ephemera.
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May 3, Baltimore. The Washington Map Society will be conducting a field trip to Baltimore,
during which participants will visit the Maryland Historical Society and the Walters Art Museum. Four exhibitions about maps and mapping are presented at the Walters this spring. Contact Howard Lange for more information: 703-532-1605.
May 6, Cambridge, England. 5:30 pm. Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street. Cholera Mapping from 1819-1854: Before John Snow and the Broad Street outbreak. A presentation in the Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography, by Tom Koch (Adjunct Professor of Medical Geography, University of British Columbia, and Adjunct Professor of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University). For more information, contact Sarah Bendall, 01223 330476.
May 8, London. 5:00 pm. University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme - Professor Koch brings his presentation on cholera mapping from Cambridge to London. The series is sponsored by The International Map Collectors' Society, Imago Mundi, Jonathan Potter, Ltd., and Ash Rare Books. Open to public, free admission.
May 10,New York City. 2:30 pm. New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Classroom B, Celeste Bartos Education Center. Antique map dealer Michael Buehler will present Strategies for Collecting Old Maps. For more information, contact John Woram.
May 15-17, Greenwich, London. The National Maritime Museum. An interdisciplinary conference on the life, times, and legacy of the noted travel author Richard Hakluyt (c. 1552-1616) For more information, contact the Research Administrator, National Maritime Museum.
May 16, Washington, DC. Annual dinner of The Washington Map Society at the Law Office of Jones Day, 51 Louisiana Ave NW. Society President Bill Stanley will discuss James McNeill Whistler: Cartographer. Register online, or for more information, contact Howard Lange
or call 703-532-1605.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
May 15 - 18, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ann Arbor Book Fair. Michigan Union Ballroom, 530 S. State St. Info call 734-995-1891.
May 31 - June 1, Fort Worth, TX. Fort Worth Book, Postcard & Paper Fair. Lockheed-Martin Recreation Center, Fort Worth. Info call 281-565-0771.
May 31 - June 1, Pasadena, CA. The Pasadena Antiquarian Book, Print And Paper Fair.
Pasadena Center, 300 East Green Street. Info call 209-358-3134.
June 1, Concord, NH. The New England Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Everett Arena , Route 9 ( Loudon Road ). Info call 772-778-8032.
August 10, Woodstock, VT. Vermont Summer Bookfair 2008. Woodstock Union Area,
Route 4 West (next to the High School). For info contact Austin's Books.
Auction Calendar
Through May 7, Online. Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Atlases, and Decorative Graphics.
May 8, London. Sothebys. Natural History, Travel, Atlases, and Maps.
May 14, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.
May 20, Oxford. Bonhams. Printed Books and Maps.
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May 3, Baltimore. The Washington Map Society will be conducting a field trip to Baltimore,
during which participants will visit the Maryland Historical Society and the Walters Art Museum. Four exhibitions about maps and mapping are presented at the Walters this spring. Contact Howard Lange for more information: 703-532-1605.
May 6, Cambridge, England. 5:30 pm. Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street. Cholera Mapping from 1819-1854: Before John Snow and the Broad Street outbreak. A presentation in the Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography, by Tom Koch (Adjunct Professor of Medical Geography, University of British Columbia, and Adjunct Professor of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University). For more information, contact Sarah Bendall, 01223 330476.
May 8, London. 5:00 pm. University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme - Professor Koch brings his presentation on cholera mapping from Cambridge to London. The series is sponsored by The International Map Collectors' Society, Imago Mundi, Jonathan Potter, Ltd., and Ash Rare Books. Open to public, free admission.
May 10,New York City. 2:30 pm. New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Classroom B, Celeste Bartos Education Center. Antique map dealer Michael Buehler will present Strategies for Collecting Old Maps. For more information, contact John Woram.
May 15-17, Greenwich, London. The National Maritime Museum. An interdisciplinary conference on the life, times, and legacy of the noted travel author Richard Hakluyt (c. 1552-1616) For more information, contact the Research Administrator, National Maritime Museum.
May 16, Washington, DC. Annual dinner of The Washington Map Society at the Law Office of Jones Day, 51 Louisiana Ave NW. Society President Bill Stanley will discuss James McNeill Whistler: Cartographer. Register online, or for more information, contact Howard Lange
or call 703-532-1605.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
May 15 - 18, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ann Arbor Book Fair. Michigan Union Ballroom, 530 S. State St. Info call 734-995-1891.
May 31 - June 1, Fort Worth, TX. Fort Worth Book, Postcard & Paper Fair. Lockheed-Martin Recreation Center, Fort Worth. Info call 281-565-0771.
May 31 - June 1, Pasadena, CA. The Pasadena Antiquarian Book, Print And Paper Fair.
Pasadena Center, 300 East Green Street. Info call 209-358-3134.
June 1, Concord, NH. The New England Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Everett Arena , Route 9 ( Loudon Road ). Info call 772-778-8032.
August 10, Woodstock, VT. Vermont Summer Bookfair 2008. Woodstock Union Area,
Route 4 West (next to the High School). For info contact Austin's Books.
Auction Calendar
Through May 7, Online. Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Atlases, and Decorative Graphics.
May 8, London. Sothebys. Natural History, Travel, Atlases, and Maps.
May 14, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.
May 20, Oxford. Bonhams. Printed Books and Maps.
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April 3-5, Chicago. Renaissance Chicago Hotel, One West Wacker Drive. Maps and the Visions of Space and Place in Italy. A session to take place during the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. The presentation is organized by Matthew Edney, director of the History of Cartography Project. For more details, see the meeting page for RSA.
April 4-5, Houston and La Porte, Texas. San Jacinto Battleground. Texas Map Society Spring Meeting. For more information, visit the society's meeting page.
April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, Charlottesville, Virginia. Six consecutive Friday mornings, 9:30 - 11:00 AM. A class entitled The Roles of Old Maps: History, Art, Cartography and the Building of Nation. Sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Insitute at the University of Virginia. Check for locations and registration details on Osher website.
April 5, Charlottesville, Virginia. The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia. A joint field trip for the Washington Map Society and William P. Cumming Map Society, to an exhibition at the University of Virginia Library. The trip provides a guided tour of the exhibition, "On the Map": American Maps from 1500 to 1800 from the Seymour I. Schwartz Collection. For more info contact Joel Kovarsky.
April 9, Boston. 5:30 pm, Abby Room, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street. As Though in Flight: 19th Century American Urban Views, presented by Alex Krieger, Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design. After the lecture, there will be a gallery tour of the exhibition: Boston and Beyond, A Bird's Eye View of New England.
April 9, Philadelphia. 6:00 pm. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place. Harold Brodsky, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography and Affiliate in Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, presents Hidden Messages in the 1695 Map of the Exodus, including looking at the making of maps of the Holy Land in the 17th century. RSVP recommended.
April 10, London. 6:00 pm, Farmers' Club, 3 Whitehall Court, The International Map Collectors' Society's Collectors' Evening. Refreshments available. A chance for members to bring a map for discussion. Chaired by Francis Herbert, who previously served as Map Librarian at the Royal Geographical Society. For more info contact Caroline Batchelor 0-1372-72755.
April 10, Toronto. 6:00 pm. University of Toronto Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Room 4049. Upper Canada Map Society meeting. Cathy Moulder of McMaster University Library will discuss Robert Edward Clifford (1767-1817): Maps and Mysteries. The presentation will include maps from the Clifford collection at McMaster. For more info contact Marcel Fortin.
April 12, New York. 2:30 pm, New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Classroom B, Celeste Bartos Education Center. Meeting of The New York Map Society. Joop Varekamp of Wesleyan University presents Adriaen Block, the discovery of Long Island Sound and the New Netherlands colony: What Drove the Course of History? For more info, contact John Woram.
April 17, Chicago. 5:30 pm. Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street. The Chicago Map Society meeting and reception, followed by a 6:00 pm lecture, at the Towner Fellows' Lounge. John Power presents Mapping the World from Jacksonville, Illinois: The Cartographic Career of Henry C. Tunison.
April 17, Washington. 7:00 pm. Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Washington Map Society meeting. Dr. Francesca Fiorani of the University of Virginia presents The Places of Renaissance Mapping. For more info contact Howard Lange 703-532-1605.
April 22, Denver. 6:00 PM, Denver Public Library, 5th floor, Gates Room. The Rocky Mountain Map Society. Angel Abbud-Madrid, Ph.D., presents Where to Draw the Line? Mapping the US-Mexico Border. An examination of the flawed map that was used in creating the new border between the United States and Mexico following the Mexican-American war of 1846-1848. The presentation will also examine the long-lasting impact of this map and the border settlement in the following 160 years. For more info contact Jim Hensinger.
April 24, London. 5:00 PM. University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme - Dr Nick Baron of Nottingham University presents "Miracles on a Geographical Map": The Cultures of Soviet Cartography under Lenin and Stalin, 1918-1941. Free admission with refreshments to follow.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
April 4 5, Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair, University of New Mexico, Continuing Ed. Conference Center. For more info call 505-291-9653.
April 4 - 6, New York City. ABAA New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, between 66th and 67th Streets. For more info, call 212-777-5218.
April 4 - 8, New York City. West Side Antiquarian Book Fair. Hunter College, West Sportsplex, Lexington Ave. at 68th Street. For info call 413-528-2327.
April 12 - 13, Boston. Boston Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Seaport World Trade Center, Boston.
April 13, Burlington, VT. Vermont Antiquarian Book Fair. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington. For more info, call 802-527-7243.
Auction Calendar
April 5, New York City. Bloomsbury Auctions. Important Printed Books and Manuscripts.
April 9, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.
April 10, Falls Church, Virginia. Waverly Auctions. Fine Maps & Atlases.
April 17, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography, Natural History.
April 21, Online. Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Atlases, and Decorative Graphics.
April 23, London. Christies. Travel, Science, and Natural History.
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April 3-5, Chicago. Renaissance Chicago Hotel, One West Wacker Drive. Maps and the Visions of Space and Place in Italy. A session to take place during the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. The presentation is organized by Matthew Edney, director of the History of Cartography Project. For more details, see the meeting page for RSA.
April 4-5, Houston and La Porte, Texas. San Jacinto Battleground. Texas Map Society Spring Meeting. For more information, visit the society's meeting page.
April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, Charlottesville, Virginia. Six consecutive Friday mornings, 9:30 - 11:00 AM. A class entitled The Roles of Old Maps: History, Art, Cartography and the Building of Nation. Sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Insitute at the University of Virginia. Check for locations and registration details on Osher website.
April 5, Charlottesville, Virginia. The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia. A joint field trip for the Washington Map Society and William P. Cumming Map Society, to an exhibition at the University of Virginia Library. The trip provides a guided tour of the exhibition, "On the Map": American Maps from 1500 to 1800 from the Seymour I. Schwartz Collection. For more info contact Joel Kovarsky.
April 9, Boston. 5:30 pm, Abby Room, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street. As Though in Flight: 19th Century American Urban Views, presented by Alex Krieger, Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design. After the lecture, there will be a gallery tour of the exhibition: Boston and Beyond, A Bird's Eye View of New England.
April 9, Philadelphia. 6:00 pm. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place. Harold Brodsky, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography and Affiliate in Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, presents Hidden Messages in the 1695 Map of the Exodus, including looking at the making of maps of the Holy Land in the 17th century. RSVP recommended.
April 10, London. 6:00 pm, Farmers' Club, 3 Whitehall Court, The International Map Collectors' Society's Collectors' Evening. Refreshments available. A chance for members to bring a map for discussion. Chaired by Francis Herbert, who previously served as Map Librarian at the Royal Geographical Society. For more info contact Caroline Batchelor 0-1372-72755.
April 10, Toronto. 6:00 pm. University of Toronto Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Room 4049. Upper Canada Map Society meeting. Cathy Moulder of McMaster University Library will discuss Robert Edward Clifford (1767-1817): Maps and Mysteries. The presentation will include maps from the Clifford collection at McMaster. For more info contact Marcel Fortin.
April 12, New York. 2:30 pm, New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Classroom B, Celeste Bartos Education Center. Meeting of The New York Map Society. Joop Varekamp of Wesleyan University presents Adriaen Block, the discovery of Long Island Sound and the New Netherlands colony: What Drove the Course of History? For more info, contact John Woram.
April 17, Chicago. 5:30 pm. Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street. The Chicago Map Society meeting and reception, followed by a 6:00 pm lecture, at the Towner Fellows' Lounge. John Power presents Mapping the World from Jacksonville, Illinois: The Cartographic Career of Henry C. Tunison.
April 17, Washington. 7:00 pm. Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Washington Map Society meeting. Dr. Francesca Fiorani of the University of Virginia presents The Places of Renaissance Mapping. For more info contact Howard Lange 703-532-1605.
April 22, Denver. 6:00 PM, Denver Public Library, 5th floor, Gates Room. The Rocky Mountain Map Society. Angel Abbud-Madrid, Ph.D., presents Where to Draw the Line? Mapping the US-Mexico Border. An examination of the flawed map that was used in creating the new border between the United States and Mexico following the Mexican-American war of 1846-1848. The presentation will also examine the long-lasting impact of this map and the border settlement in the following 160 years. For more info contact Jim Hensinger.
April 24, London. 5:00 PM. University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme - Dr Nick Baron of Nottingham University presents "Miracles on a Geographical Map": The Cultures of Soviet Cartography under Lenin and Stalin, 1918-1941. Free admission with refreshments to follow.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
April 4 5, Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair, University of New Mexico, Continuing Ed. Conference Center. For more info call 505-291-9653.
April 4 - 6, New York City. ABAA New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, between 66th and 67th Streets. For more info, call 212-777-5218.
April 4 - 8, New York City. West Side Antiquarian Book Fair. Hunter College, West Sportsplex, Lexington Ave. at 68th Street. For info call 413-528-2327.
April 12 - 13, Boston. Boston Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Seaport World Trade Center, Boston.
April 13, Burlington, VT. Vermont Antiquarian Book Fair. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington. For more info, call 802-527-7243.
Auction Calendar
April 5, New York City. Bloomsbury Auctions. Important Printed Books and Manuscripts.
April 9, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.
April 10, Falls Church, Virginia. Waverly Auctions. Fine Maps & Atlases.
April 17, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography, Natural History.
April 21, Online. Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Atlases, and Decorative Graphics.
April 23, London. Christies. Travel, Science, and Natural History.
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April 3-5, Chicago. Renaissance Chicago Hotel, One West Wacker Drive. Maps and the Visions of Space and Place in Italy. A session to take place during the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. The presentation is organized by Matthew Edney, director of the History of Cartography Project. For more details, see the meeting page for RSA.
April 4-5, Houston and La Porte, Texas. San Jacinto Battleground. Texas Map Society Spring Meeting. For more information, visit the society's meeting page.
April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, Charlottesville, Virginia. Six consecutive Friday mornings, 9:30 - 11:00 AM. A class entitled The Roles of Old Maps: History, Art, Cartography and the Building of Nation. Sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Insitute at the University of Virginia. Check for locations and registration details on Osher website.
April 5, Charlottesville, Virginia. The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia. A joint field trip for the Washington Map Society and William P. Cumming Map Society, to an exhibition at the University of Virginia Library. The trip provides a guided tour of the exhibition, "On the Map": American Maps from 1500 to 1800 from the Seymour I. Schwartz Collection. For more info contact Joel Kovarsky.
April 9, Boston. 5:30 pm, Abby Room, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street. As Though in Flight: 19th Century American Urban Views, presented by Alex Krieger, Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design. After the lecture, there will be a gallery tour of the exhibition: Boston and Beyond, A Bird's Eye View of New England.
April 9, Philadelphia. 6:00 pm. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place. Harold Brodsky, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography and Affiliate in Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, presents Hidden Messages in the 1695 Map of the Exodus, including looking at the making of maps of the Holy Land in the 17th century. RSVP recommended.
April 10, London. 6:00 pm, Farmers' Club, 3 Whitehall Court, The International Map Collectors' Society's Collectors' Evening. Refreshments available. A chance for members to bring a map for discussion. Chaired by Francis Herbert, who previously served as Map Librarian at the Royal Geographical Society. For more info contact Caroline Batchelor 0-1372-72755.
April 10, Toronto. 6:00 pm. University of Toronto Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Room 4049. Upper Canada Map Society meeting. Cathy Moulder of McMaster University Library will discuss Robert Edward Clifford (1767-1817): Maps and Mysteries. The presentation will include maps from the Clifford collection at McMaster. For more info contact Marcel Fortin.
April 12, New York. 2:30 pm, New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Classroom B, Celeste Bartos Education Center. Meeting of The New York Map Society. Joop Varekamp of Wesleyan University presents Adriaen Block, the discovery of Long Island Sound and the New Netherlands colony: What Drove the Course of History? For more info, contact John Woram.
April 17, Chicago. 5:30 pm. Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street. The Chicago Map Society meeting and reception, followed by a 6:00 pm lecture, at the Towner Fellows' Lounge. John Power presents Mapping the World from Jacksonville, Illinois: The Cartographic Career of Henry C. Tunison.
April 17, Washington. 7:00 pm. Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Washington Map Society meeting. Dr. Francesca Fiorani of the University of Virginia presents The Places of Renaissance Mapping. For more info contact Howard Lange 703-532-1605.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
April 4 5, Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair, University of New Mexico, Continuing Ed. Conference Center. For more info call 505-291-9653.
April 4 - 6, New York City. ABAA New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, between 66th and 67th Streets. For more info, call 212-777-5218.
April 4 - 8, New York City. West Side Antiquarian Book Fair. Hunter College, West Sportsplex, Lexington Ave. at 68th Street. For info call 413-528-2327.
April 12 - 13, Boston. Boston Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Seaport World Trade Center, Boston.
April 13, Burlington, VT. Vermont Antiquarian Book Fair. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington. For more info, call 802-527-7243.
Auction Calendar
April 3, New York City. Swann Galleries. Fine Books, including Work on Polar Exploration.
April 5, New York City. Bloomsbury Auctions. Important Printed Books and Manuscripts.
April 9, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.
April 10, Falls Church, Virginia. Waverly Auctions. Fine Maps & Atlases.
April 17, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography, Natural History.
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April 3-5, Chicago. Renaissance Chicago Hotel, One West Wacker Drive. Maps and the Visions of Space and Place in Italy. A session to take place during the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. The presentation is organized by Matthew Edney, director of the History of Cartography Project. For more details, see the meeting page for RSA.
April 4-5, Houston and La Porte, Texas. San Jacinto Battleground. Texas Map Society Spring Meeting. For more information, visit the society's meeting page.
April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, Charlottesville, Virginia. Six consecutive Friday mornings, 9:30 - 11:00 AM. A class entitled The Roles of Old Maps: History, Art, Cartography and the Building of Nation. Sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Insitute at the University of Virginia. Check for locations and registration details on Osher website.
April 5, Charlottesville, Virginia. The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, University of Virginia. A joint field trip for the Washington Map Society and William P. Cumming Map Society, to an exhibition at the University of Virginia Library. The trip provides a guided tour of the exhibition, "On the Map": American Maps from 1500 to 1800 from the Seymour I. Schwartz Collection. For more info contact Joel Kovarsky.
April 9, Boston. 5:30 pm, Abby Room, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street. As Though in Flight: 19th Century American Urban Views, presented by Alex Krieger, Professor of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design. After the lecture, there will be a gallery tour of the exhibition: Boston and Beyond, A Bird's Eye View of New England.
April 9, Philadelphia. 6:00 pm. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place. Harold Brodsky, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography and Affiliate in Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, presents Hidden Messages in the 1695 Map of the Exodus, including looking at the making of maps of the Holy Land in the 17th century. RSVP recommended.
April 10, London. 6:00 pm, Farmers' Club, 3 Whitehall Court, The International Map Collectors' Society's Collectors' Evening. Refreshments available. A chance for members to bring a map for discussion. Chaired by Francis Herbert, who previously served as Map Librarian at the Royal Geographical Society. For more info contact Caroline Batchelor 0-1372-72755.
April 10, Toronto. 6:00 pm. University of Toronto Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Room 4049. Upper Canada Map Society meeting. Cathy Moulder of McMaster University Library will discuss Robert Edward Clifford (1767-1817): Maps and Mysteries. The presentation will include maps from the Clifford collection at McMaster. For more info contact Marcel Fortin.
April 12, New York. 2:30 pm, New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Classroom B, Celeste Bartos Education Center. Meeting of The New York Map Society. Joop Varekamp of Wesleyan University presents Adriaen Block, the discovery of Long Island Sound and the New Netherlands colony: What Drove the Course of History? For more info, contact John Woram.
April 17, Chicago. 5:30 pm. Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street. The Chicago Map Society meeting and reception, followed by a 6:00 pm lecture, at the Towner Fellows' Lounge. John Power presents Mapping the World from Jacksonville, Illinois: The Cartographic Career of Henry C. Tunison.
April 17, Washington. 7:00 pm. Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Washington Map Society meeting. Dr. Francesca Fiorani of the University of Virginia presents The Places of Renaissance Mapping. For more info contact Howard Lange 703-532-1605.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
April 4 5, Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair, University of New Mexico, Continuing Ed. Conference Center. For more info call 505-291-9653.
April 4 - 6, New York City. ABAA New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, between 66th and 67th Streets. For more info, call 212-777-5218.
April 4 - 8, New York City. West Side Antiquarian Book Fair. Hunter College, West Sportsplex, Lexington Ave. at 68th Street. For info call 413-528-2327.
April 12 - 13, Boston. Boston Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair. Seaport World Trade Center, Boston.
April 13, Burlington, VT. Vermont Antiquarian Book Fair. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington. For more info, call 802-527-7243.
Auction Calendar
April 3, New York City. Swann Galleries. Fine Books, including Work on Polar Exploration.
April 5, New York City. Bloomsbury Auctions. Important Printed Books and Manuscripts.
April 9, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.
April 10, Falls Church, Virginia. Waverly Auctions. Fine Maps & Atlases.
April 17, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography, Natural History.
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March 19, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2:00 PM. Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Auditorium, University of North Carolina. 2nd Annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science. David Rumsey, map scholar an collector, presents Turning Private Collections into Public Resources Using Digital Technologies and the Internet. Reception to follow. Hosted by the School of Information and Library Science at UNC. The event is free, but seating is limited, so reservation recommended. RSVP via email or call 919.962.8366.
March 20,Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. Times throughout the day. Cartographic Symposium sponsored by the Hampden-Sydney College Library. The event includes several lectures, covering antique globes and other collections. Contact Sharon Goad for more information.
March 25, Baltimore, MD. 12:00 Noon. Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street. Opening of the exhibition Borders and Boundaries: The Mason-Dixon Line. For more info, call 410-685-3750.
March 25, Edinburgh, Scotland. 7:00 PM, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge. Chris Fleet, Curator of the Library Map Collections, presents Early Route-ways and Roads in Scotland. For more info, email events@nls.uk
March 27, Stanardsville, Virginia. 6:00 PM. Greene County Library, 222 Main Street.Evelyn Edson presents Medieval Mapmakers: Putting America on the Map. The discussion focuses on 14th and 15th-century mapmakers.
April 3-5, Chicago. Renaissance Chicago Hotel, One West Wacker Drive. Maps and the Visions of Space and Place in Italy. A session to take place during the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. The presentation is organized by Matthew Edney, director of the History of Cartography Project. For more details, see the meeting page for RSA.
April 4-5, Houston and La Porte, Texas. San Jacinto Battleground. Texas Map Society Spring Meeting. For more information, visit the society's meeting page.
April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, Charlottesville, Virginia. Six consecutive Friday mornings, 9:30 - 11:00 AM. A class entitled The Roles of Old Maps: History, Art, Cartography and the Building of Nation. Sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Insitute at the University of Virginia. Check for locations and registration details on Osher website.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
April 4 5, Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair, University of New Mexico, Continuing Ed. Conference Center. For more info call 505-291-9653.
April 4 - 6, New York City. ABAA New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, between 66th and 67th Streets. For more info, call 212-777-5218.
April 4 - 8, New York City. West Side Antiquarian Book Fair. Hunter College, West Sportsplex, Lexington Ave. at 68th Street. For info call 413-528-2327.
Auction Calendar
March 18, London. Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps, Manuscripts, & Photographs.
March 27, London. Bloomsbury Auctions. Maps & Atlases.
April 3, New York City. Swann Galleries. Fine Books, including Work on Polar Exploration.
April 9, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.
April 10, Falls Church, Virginia. Waverly Auctions. Fine Maps & Atlases.
March 19, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2:00 PM. Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Auditorium, University of North Carolina. 2nd Annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science. David Rumsey, map scholar an collector, presents Turning Private Collections into Public Resources Using Digital Technologies and the Internet. Reception to follow. Hosted by the School of Information and Library Science at UNC. The event is free, but seating is limited, so reservation recommended. RSVP via email or call 919.962.8366.
March 20,Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. Times throughout the day. Cartographic Symposium sponsored by the Hampden-Sydney College Library. The event includes several lectures, covering antique globes and other collections. Contact Sharon Goad for more information.
March 25, Baltimore, MD. 12:00 Noon. Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street. Opening of the exhibition Borders and Boundaries: The Mason-Dixon Line. For more info, call 410-685-3750.
March 25, Edinburgh, Scotland. 7:00 PM, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge. Chris Fleet, Curator of the Library Map Collections, presents Early Route-ways and Roads in Scotland. For more info, email events@nls.uk
March 27, Stanardsville, Virginia. 6:00 PM. Greene County Library, 222 Main Street.Evelyn Edson presents Medieval Mapmakers: Putting America on the Map. The discussion focuses on 14th and 15th-century mapmakers.
April 3-5, Chicago. Renaissance Chicago Hotel, One West Wacker Drive. Maps and the Visions of Space and Place in Italy. A session to take place during the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. The presentation is organized by Matthew Edney, director of the History of Cartography Project. For more details, see the meeting page for RSA.
April 4-5, Houston and La Porte, Texas. San Jacinto Battleground. Texas Map Society Spring Meeting. For more information, visit the society's meeting page.
April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, Charlottesville, Virginia. Six consecutive Friday mornings, 9:30 - 11:00 AM. A class entitled The Roles of Old Maps: History, Art, Cartography and the Building of Nation. Sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Insitute at the University of Virginia. Check for locations and registration details on Osher website.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
April 4 5, Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair, University of New Mexico, Continuing Ed. Conference Center. For more info call 505-291-9653.
April 4 - 6, New York City. ABAA New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, between 66th and 67th Streets. For more info, call 212-777-5218.
April 4 - 8, New York City. West Side Antiquarian Book Fair. Hunter College, West Sportsplex, Lexington Ave. at 68th Street. For info call 413-528-2327.
Auction Calendar
March 18, London. Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps, Manuscripts, & Photographs.
March 27, London. Bloomsbury Auctions. Maps & Atlases.
April 3, New York City. Swann Galleries. Fine Books, including Work on Polar Exploration.
April 9, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books & Maps.
April 10, Falls Church, Virginia. Waverly Auctions. Fine Maps & Atlases.
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Antique Maps & Antique Prints - Meeting and Lectures
March 1, Houston, TX. The spring meeting of the Texas Map Society is planned. For more info, contact Kit Goodwin, or call 817- 861-1425.
March 8, New York. 2:30 pm. Meeting of the New York Map Society. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Classroom B, in the South Court's Celeste Bartos Education Center. The discussion for this meeting is Maps of Ireland, presented by Mike Shannon. For more information, email to John Woram.
March 8, Richmond, VA. 1:00 PM. The Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond. The 2008 Alan M. and Nathalie P. Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography. The event consists of two presentations, by Dr. Matthew H. Edney, Director of the History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Osher Professor of Geography in the History of Cartography. John Mitchell, His Map, and the Eighteenth Century Culture of Geography, and 'The History of Cartography': The Challenges posed by the History of Maps in the Modern World (after 1650). There is also a tour, combined with box lunch, beginning at 11 AM. The lectures are free and open to the public. The tour/lunch fee is $10. For more information and reservations, call 804-692-3813.
March 11, Raleigh, N.C. 7:00 PM. The Women Behind the Maps, by Mary McMichael Ritzlin, sponsored by the William P. Cumming Map Society. Kresge Auditorium on the campus of Meredith College, with a reception following, at 8:00 PM, at Gallery C in Ridgewood Shopping Center on Wade Avenue, Raleigh. For reservations, call 919-828-3165, or email.
March 13, London. 5:00 pm. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute Mapping the Railway: An Overview and Case Study of Britain's Extensive and Largely Unexplored Record, presented by David Milbank Challis and Andy Rush, Industrialogical Associates/Railway Record of the British Isles. Free and open to the public.
March 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. Richard Betz, author of "The Mapping of Africa: A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700," and Penelope Betz, present The Cartobibliographic Process used for The Mapping of Africa: Sebastian Münster's 1540 Map of Africa as a Case Study. For further information, email Howard Lange or call 703-532-1605.
March 19, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2:00 PM. Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Auditorium, University of North Carolina. 2nd Annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science. David Rumsey, map scholar an collector, presents Turning Private Collections into Public Resources Using Digital Technologies and the Internet. Reception to follow. Hosted by the School of Information and Library Science at UNC. The event is free, but seating is limited, so reservation recommended. RSVP via email or call 919.962.8366.
March 20,Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. Times throughout the day. Cartographic Symposium sponsored by the Hampden-Sydney College Library. The event includes several lectures, covering antique globes and other collections. Contact Sharon Goad for more information.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
March 7-8, Arlington, Virginia. The Washington Antiquarian Book Fair. Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive. For more info, call 301-654-2626.
March 14-16, Greenwich, CT. The Ephemera Society Conference and Paper Show. Hyatt Regency, Old Greenwich, CT. For info, call 315-655-9139.
March 14-16, St. Petersburg, Florida. The 27th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. The Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave., North. Over 100 national and international dealers. For more info, contact Sarah Smith or call 727-822-3278.
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
Auction Calendar
March 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera Travel, Film & Decorative Posters.
March 10-20. Online Auction. Paulus Swaen. Antique Maps & Prints Auction.
March 11, Knowle, England. Bonhams. Printed Books & Maps: Part One.
March 13, New York. Swann Galleries. Autographs, especially Americana.
March 1, Houston, TX. The spring meeting of the Texas Map Society is planned. For more info, contact Kit Goodwin, or call 817- 861-1425.
March 8, New York. 2:30 pm. Meeting of the New York Map Society. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Classroom B, in the South Court's Celeste Bartos Education Center. The discussion for this meeting is Maps of Ireland, presented by Mike Shannon. For more information, email to John Woram.
March 8, Richmond, VA. 1:00 PM. The Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond. The 2008 Alan M. and Nathalie P. Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography. The event consists of two presentations, by Dr. Matthew H. Edney, Director of the History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Osher Professor of Geography in the History of Cartography. John Mitchell, His Map, and the Eighteenth Century Culture of Geography, and 'The History of Cartography': The Challenges posed by the History of Maps in the Modern World (after 1650). There is also a tour, combined with box lunch, beginning at 11 AM. The lectures are free and open to the public. The tour/lunch fee is $10. For more information and reservations, call 804-692-3813.
March 11, Raleigh, N.C. 7:00 PM. The Women Behind the Maps, by Mary McMichael Ritzlin, sponsored by the William P. Cumming Map Society. Kresge Auditorium on the campus of Meredith College, with a reception following, at 8:00 PM, at Gallery C in Ridgewood Shopping Center on Wade Avenue, Raleigh. For reservations, call 919-828-3165, or email.
March 13, London. 5:00 pm. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute Mapping the Railway: An Overview and Case Study of Britain's Extensive and Largely Unexplored Record, presented by David Milbank Challis and Andy Rush, Industrialogical Associates/Railway Record of the British Isles. Free and open to the public.
March 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. Richard Betz, author of "The Mapping of Africa: A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700," and Penelope Betz, present The Cartobibliographic Process used for The Mapping of Africa: Sebastian Münster's 1540 Map of Africa as a Case Study. For further information, email Howard Lange or call 703-532-1605.
March 19, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2:00 PM. Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Auditorium, University of North Carolina. 2nd Annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science. David Rumsey, map scholar an collector, presents Turning Private Collections into Public Resources Using Digital Technologies and the Internet. Reception to follow. Hosted by the School of Information and Library Science at UNC. The event is free, but seating is limited, so reservation recommended. RSVP via email or call 919.962.8366.
March 20,Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. Times throughout the day. Cartographic Symposium sponsored by the Hampden-Sydney College Library. The event includes several lectures, covering antique globes and other collections. Contact Sharon Goad for more information.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
March 7-8, Arlington, Virginia. The Washington Antiquarian Book Fair. Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive. For more info, call 301-654-2626.
March 14-16, Greenwich, CT. The Ephemera Society Conference and Paper Show. Hyatt Regency, Old Greenwich, CT. For info, call 315-655-9139.
March 14-16, St. Petersburg, Florida. The 27th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. The Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave., North. Over 100 national and international dealers. For more info, contact Sarah Smith or call 727-822-3278.
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
Auction Calendar
March 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera Travel, Film & Decorative Posters.
March 10-20. Online Auction. Paulus Swaen. Antique Maps & Prints Auction.
March 11, Knowle, England. Bonhams. Printed Books & Maps: Part One.
March 13, New York. Swann Galleries. Autographs, especially Americana.
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February 28, London. 5:00 pm. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Dr. James Kelly, professor at the University of Oxford's Worcester College, will present Daniel Defoe's Captain Singleton (1720): Spectacular Speculative Geography. Free and open to the public.
March 1, Houston, TX. The spring meeting of the Texas Map Society is planned. For more info, contact Kit Goodwin, or call 817- 861-1425.
March 8, New York. 2:30 pm. Meeting of the New York Map Society. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Classroom B, in the South Court's Celeste Bartos Education Center. The discussion for this meeting is Maps of Ireland, presented by Mike Shannon. For more information, email to John Woram.
March 8, Richmond, VA. 1:00 PM. The Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond. The 2008 Alan M. and Nathalie P. Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography. The event consists of two presentations, by Dr. Matthew H. Edney, Director of the History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Osher Professor of Geography in the History of Cartography. John Mitchell, His Map, and the Eighteenth Century Culture of Geography, and 'The History of Cartography': The Challenges posed by the History of Maps in the Modern World (after 1650). There is also a tour, combined with box lunch, beginning at 11 AM. The lectures are free and open to the public. The tour/lunch fee is $10. For more information and reservations, call 804-692-3813.
March 11, Raleigh, N.C. 7:00 PM. The Women Behind the Maps, by Mary McMichael Ritzlin, sponsored by the William P. Cumming Map Society. Kresge Auditorium on the campus of Meredith College, with a reception following, at 8:00 PM, at Gallery C in Ridgewood Shopping Center on Wade Avenue, Raleigh. For reservations, call 919-828-3165, or email.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
February 22-24, New York. Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair. Public School 3, 490 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village. Now in its 28th year, a famous antiquarian book fair run by the Public School 3 community. For info call: 646-302-5617.
March 7-8, Arlington, Virginia. The Washington Antiquarian Book Fair. Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive. For more info, call 301-654-2626.
March 14-16, St. Petersburg, Florida. The 27th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. The Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave., North. Over 100 national and international dealers. For more info, contact Sarah Smith or call 727-822-3278.
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
Auction Calendar
February 27, Amsterdam. Christies. Travel, Exploration & Natural History including Afghanistan, Central Asia & the Subcontinent.
March 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera Travel, Film & Decorative Posters.
March 10-20. Online Auction. Paulus Swaen. Antique Maps & Prints Auction.
March 11, Knowle, England. Bonhams. Printed Books & Maps: Part One.
February 28, London. 5:00 pm. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Dr. James Kelly, professor at the University of Oxford's Worcester College, will present Daniel Defoe's Captain Singleton (1720): Spectacular Speculative Geography. Free and open to the public.
March 1, Houston, TX. The spring meeting of the Texas Map Society is planned. For more info, contact Kit Goodwin, or call 817- 861-1425.
March 8, New York. 2:30 pm. Meeting of the New York Map Society. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Classroom B, in the South Court's Celeste Bartos Education Center. The discussion for this meeting is Maps of Ireland, presented by Mike Shannon. For more information, email to John Woram.
March 8, Richmond, VA. 1:00 PM. The Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond. The 2008 Alan M. and Nathalie P. Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography. The event consists of two presentations, by Dr. Matthew H. Edney, Director of the History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Osher Professor of Geography in the History of Cartography. John Mitchell, His Map, and the Eighteenth Century Culture of Geography, and 'The History of Cartography': The Challenges posed by the History of Maps in the Modern World (after 1650). There is also a tour, combined with box lunch, beginning at 11 AM. The lectures are free and open to the public. The tour/lunch fee is $10. For more information and reservations, call 804-692-3813.
March 11, Raleigh, N.C. 7:00 PM. The Women Behind the Maps, by Mary McMichael Ritzlin, sponsored by the William P. Cumming Map Society. Kresge Auditorium on the campus of Meredith College, with a reception following, at 8:00 PM, at Gallery C in Ridgewood Shopping Center on Wade Avenue, Raleigh. For reservations, call 919-828-3165, or email.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
February 22-24, New York. Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair. Public School 3, 490 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village. Now in its 28th year, a famous antiquarian book fair run by the Public School 3 community. For info call: 646-302-5617.
March 7-8, Arlington, Virginia. The Washington Antiquarian Book Fair. Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive. For more info, call 301-654-2626.
March 14-16, St. Petersburg, Florida. The 27th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. The Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave., North. Over 100 national and international dealers. For more info, contact Sarah Smith or call 727-822-3278.
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
Auction Calendar
February 27, Amsterdam. Christies. Travel, Exploration & Natural History including Afghanistan, Central Asia & the Subcontinent.
March 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera Travel, Film & Decorative Posters.
March 10-20. Online Auction. Paulus Swaen. Antique Maps & Prints Auction.
March 11, Knowle, England. Bonhams. Printed Books & Maps: Part One.
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February 9, New York. 2:30 pm. Meeting of the New York Map Society. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Classroom B, in the South Court's Celeste Bartos Education Center. Map Curator Ron Grim, of the Boston Public Library will discuss Bird's-eye View Maps. For more information, email to John Woram.
February 9, Fort Collins, Colorado. 12:00 Noon. The Rocky Mountain Map Society will conduct a visit to the exhibit Impressions of Place: Prints and Cartography from the Dave and Lily Cole Collection, in the Hatton Gallery of Colorado State University. The Cole Collection boasts an impressive gathering of antique maps and antique prints, spanning five centuries. Lunch available for society members. For more info, contact Dave Cole or call 970-203-1264.
February 21, Washington D.C. 7:00 pm. Meeting of the Washington Map Society. Library of Congress, Madison Building, Geography and Map Division, B level, 101 Independence Avenue. One of the most important American antique maps, the seminal John Smith map of Virginia, will be the subject of a discussion by Dr. Stephen Potter entitled Rethinking John Smith's Map of Virginia. The map is a vital document today for archeologists, historians, cartographers, and others. Dr. Potter is Regional Archeologist for the National Capital Region of the National Park Service. For more information, email Howard Lange, or call him at 703-532-1605.
February 28, London. 5:00 pm. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Dr. James Kelly, professor at the University of Oxford's Worcester College, will present Daniel Defoe's Captain Singleton (1720): Spectacular Speculative Geography. Free and open to the public.
March 1, Houston, TX. The spring meeting of the Texas Map Society is planned. For more info, contact Kit Goodwin, or call 817- 861-1425.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
February 1-2, West Hanover, N.J. New Jersey Antiquarian Book Fair. The Ramada Inn, 130 Route 10 West Hanover, NJ.
February 1-3, Miami. The 15th Annual Miami International Map Fair. Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami. One of the largest annual map fairs, and one which attracts dealers from around the U.S., as well as some overseas dealers. Events, lectures, exhibits, and the opportunity to bring maps for a free appraisal make this a highlight event of the year for antique map collectors.
February 9-10, San Francisco. The San Francisco Antiquarian Book, Print and Paper Fair. San Francisco Concourse, 7th & Brannan St., at Showplace Square. For info call 415-551-5190.
February 15-17, Los Angeles. The 41st California International Antiquarian Book Fair.
Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2025 Ave. of the Stars. 415-551-5190.
February 22-24, New York. Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair. Public School 3, 490 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village. Now in its 28th year, a famous antiquarian book fair run by the Public School 3 community. For info call: 646-302-5617.
March 7-8, Arlington, Virginia. The Washington Antiquarian Book Fair. Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive. For more info, call 301-654-2626.
March 14-16, St. Petersburg, Florida. The 27th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. The Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave., North. Over 100 national and international dealers. For more info, contact Sarah Smith or call 727-822-3278.
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
Auction Calendar
January 30, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.
January 31, London. Bloomsbury Auctions. Science & Medicine, Natural History, Travel & Topography and other Antiquarian Books.
February 1-20, Online. Old World Auctions. One of the internet's leading online auctions for antique maps and prints.
February 7, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Travel, Exploration & Natural History including Afghanistan, Central Asia & the Subcontinent.
February 17, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts.
March 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera Travel, Film & Decorative Posters.
February 9, New York. 2:30 pm. Meeting of the New York Map Society. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Classroom B, in the South Court's Celeste Bartos Education Center. Map Curator Ron Grim, of the Boston Public Library will discuss Bird's-eye View Maps. For more information, email to John Woram.
February 9, Fort Collins, Colorado. 12:00 Noon. The Rocky Mountain Map Society will conduct a visit to the exhibit Impressions of Place: Prints and Cartography from the Dave and Lily Cole Collection, in the Hatton Gallery of Colorado State University. The Cole Collection boasts an impressive gathering of antique maps and antique prints, spanning five centuries. Lunch available for society members. For more info, contact Dave Cole or call 970-203-1264.
February 21, Washington D.C. 7:00 pm. Meeting of the Washington Map Society. Library of Congress, Madison Building, Geography and Map Division, B level, 101 Independence Avenue. One of the most important American antique maps, the seminal John Smith map of Virginia, will be the subject of a discussion by Dr. Stephen Potter entitled Rethinking John Smith's Map of Virginia. The map is a vital document today for archeologists, historians, cartographers, and others. Dr. Potter is Regional Archeologist for the National Capital Region of the National Park Service. For more information, email Howard Lange, or call him at 703-532-1605.
February 28, London. 5:00 pm. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. Dr. James Kelly, professor at the University of Oxford's Worcester College, will present Daniel Defoe's Captain Singleton (1720): Spectacular Speculative Geography. Free and open to the public.
March 1, Houston, TX. The spring meeting of the Texas Map Society is planned. For more info, contact Kit Goodwin, or call 817- 861-1425.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
(Note: we apologize for the delay in updating our exhibit calendar. The redesign of the Vintage Maps website is nearly complete, and our calendar will be updated shortly).
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
February 1-2, West Hanover, N.J. New Jersey Antiquarian Book Fair. The Ramada Inn, 130 Route 10 West Hanover, NJ.
February 1-3, Miami. The 15th Annual Miami International Map Fair. Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami. One of the largest annual map fairs, and one which attracts dealers from around the U.S., as well as some overseas dealers. Events, lectures, exhibits, and the opportunity to bring maps for a free appraisal make this a highlight event of the year for antique map collectors.
February 9-10, San Francisco. The San Francisco Antiquarian Book, Print and Paper Fair. San Francisco Concourse, 7th & Brannan St., at Showplace Square. For info call 415-551-5190.
February 15-17, Los Angeles. The 41st California International Antiquarian Book Fair.
Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2025 Ave. of the Stars. 415-551-5190.
February 22-24, New York. Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair. Public School 3, 490 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village. Now in its 28th year, a famous antiquarian book fair run by the Public School 3 community. For info call: 646-302-5617.
March 7-8, Arlington, Virginia. The Washington Antiquarian Book Fair. Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive. For more info, call 301-654-2626.
March 14-16, St. Petersburg, Florida. The 27th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. The Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave., North. Over 100 national and international dealers. For more info, contact Sarah Smith or call 727-822-3278.
March 29-30, Long Island, N.Y. The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N.Y. For more info call 603-509-2639.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413-528-2327.
Auction Calendar
January 30, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.
January 31, London. Bloomsbury Auctions. Science & Medicine, Natural History, Travel & Topography and other Antiquarian Books.
February 1-20, Online. Old World Auctions. One of the internet's leading online auctions for antique maps and prints.
February 7, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Travel, Exploration & Natural History including Afghanistan, Central Asia & the Subcontinent.
February 17, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts.
March 5, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera Travel, Film & Decorative Posters.
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January 12, Chicago. 11:00 am. Newberrry Library. Ruggles Hall, Newberry Library, 60 West Walton St. The Spacious Word: Cartography, Literature, and Empire in Early Modern Spain. A discussion by the University of Virginia's Ricardo Padron, who looks at the early years of modern cartography, from the fifteenth through the seventeenth century.
January 12, New York. 2:30 pm. Meeting of the New York Map Society. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Member Les Trager presents Mysterious Mapmakers: Exploring the Impossibly Accurate 16th-Century Maps of Antarctica and Greenland, an intriguing look at sixteenth-century maps that accurately depict Greenland and Antarctica, made at a time when, as far as we know, no explorer had yet reached either landmass. This meeting will also be the venue for the annual election of officers for the society.
January 17, Washington D.C. 7:00 pm. Meeting of the Washington Map Society. Library of Congress, Madison Building, Geography and Map Division, B level, 101 Independence Avenue. The Evolution of One Time Fits All, presented by Dr. Ian Bartky, based on his new book of the same name. For more information, email Howard Lange, or call him at 703-532-1605.
January 19, Chicago. 11:00 am. Newberrry Library. Ruggles Hall, Newberry Library, 60 West Walton St. Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth. A discussion by the University of London's Alessandro Scafi, who looks at the intellectual, theological, and cartographic underpinnings of the mapping of the Garden of Eden.
January 19,Indianapolis. 10 am. The Indiana Historical Society, 450 West Ohio Street. Using Maps to Discover Your Family History. A workshop led by Betty L. Warren of the Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library, and immediate past-president of the Indiana Genealogical Society, showing participants how to use old maps in researching family history. Registration ($8 members, $10 non-members) must be made by January 11. For information, call (317) 232-1882 or (800) 447-1830.
January 19, McLean, Virginia. 7:30 pm. Meeting of the National Capital Department of the Council of America's Military Past. William Stanley, who is retired from the USCGS, will present The Nation's Chartmaker: 200 Years of Service by the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Alford Auditorium, Vinson Hall, 6251 Old Dominion Drive. For more information, or for 5:30 pm dinner reservations, email Paul Peak, or call him at 703-970-3847.
January 24, London. 5:00 pm. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. - Professor Valerie Kivelson of the Depart. of History at the University of Michigan presents: Angels in Siberia: Maps and Empire in the Age of Peter the Great. Free and open to the public.
January 26, Los Angeles. The California Map Society will hold its winter meeting at the Autrey National Center in Griffith Park. For more information, contact Greg McIntosh via email or call (562)405-5099.
January 26, Washington, D.C. 10:30 am. The Washington Map Society will be taking a special tour, hosted by Arthur Dunkleman, Curator of the Kislak Collection, of the exhibit Early Americas at the Library of Congress. Visitor's entrance, Jefferson Building, on 1st St., Washington, S.E. Proceed to Visitor's Information Desk. The exhibit includes the recently-acquired 1507 Waldseemüller world map, the first map to use the name America, as well as items from the Jay I. Kislak Collection, including rare books, historic documents, maps, and manuscripts. Lunch follows at a nearby restaurant for those interested. For information and lunch reservations, contact Howard Lange, (703)532-1605.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
February 1-3, Miami. The 15th Annual Miami International Map Fair. Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami. One of the largest annual map fairs, and one which attracts dealers from around the U.S., as well as some overseas dealers. Events, lectures, exhibits, and the opportunity to bring maps for a free appraisal make this a highlight event of the year for antique map collectors.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413 528-2327.
Auction Calendar
January 24, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana with Manuscript Material.
January 30, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.
January 31, London. Bloomsbury Auctions. Science & Medicine, Natural History, Travel & Topography and other Antiquarian Books.
February 7, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Travel, Exploration & Natural History including Afghanistan, Central Asia & the Subcontinent.
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Happy New Year To All Our Readers!
January 12, Chicago. 11:00 am. Newberrry Library. Ruggles Hall, Newberry Library, 60 West Walton St. The Spacious Word: Cartography, Literature, and Empire in Early Modern Spain. A discussion by the University of Virginia's Ricardo Padron, who looks at the early years of modern cartography, from the fifteenth through the seventeenth century.
January 12, New York. 2:30 pm. Meeting of the New York Map Society. Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Member Les Trager presents Mysterious Mapmakers: Exploring the Impossibly Accurate 16th-Century Maps of Antarctica and Greenland, an intriguing look at sixteenth-century maps that accurately depict Greenland and Antarctica, made at a time when, as far as we know, no explorer had yet reached either landmass. This meeting will also be the venue for the annual election of officers for the society.
January 17, Washington D.C. 7:00 pm. Meeting of the Washington Map Society. Library of Congress, Madison Building, Geography and Map Division, B level, 101 Independence Avenue. The Evolution of One Time Fits All, presented by Dr. Ian Bartky, based on his new book of the same name. For more information, email Howard Lange, or call him at 703-532-1605.
January 19, Chicago. 11:00 am. Newberrry Library. Ruggles Hall, Newberry Library, 60 West Walton St. Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth. A discussion by the University of London's Alessandro Scafi, who looks at the intellectual, theological, and cartographic underpinnings of the mapping of the Garden of Eden.
January 19,Indianapolis. 10 am. The Indiana Historical Society, 450 West Ohio Street. Using Maps to Discover Your Family History. A workshop led by Betty L. Warren of the Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library, and immediate past-president of the Indiana Genealogical Society, showing participants how to use old maps in researching family history. Registration ($8 members, $10 non-members) must be made by January 11. For information, call (317) 232-1882 or (800) 447-1830.
January 19, McLean, Virginia. 7:30 pm. Meeting of the National Capital Department of the Council of America's Military Past. William Stanley, who is retired from the USCGS, will present The Nation's Chartmaker: 200 Years of Service by the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Alford Auditorium, Vinson Hall, 6251 Old Dominion Drive. For more information, or for 5:30 pm dinner reservations, email Paul Peak, or call him at 703-970-3847.
January 24, London. 5:00 pm. Maps and Society Seventeenth Series Programme, University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square. - Professor Valerie Kivelson of the Depart. of History at the University of Michigan presents: Angels in Siberia: Maps and Empire in the Age of Peter the Great. Free and open to the public.
January 26, Los Angeles. The California Map Society will hold its winter meeting at the Autrey National Center in Griffith Park. For more information, contact Greg McIntosh via email or call (562)405-5099.
January 26, Washington, D.C. 10:30 am. The Washington Map Society will be taking a special tour, hosted by Arthur Dunkleman, Curator of the Kislak Collection, of the exhibit Early Americas at the Library of Congress. Visitor's entrance, Jefferson Building, on 1st St., Washington, S.E. Proceed to Visitor's Information Desk. The exhibit includes the recently-acquired 1507 Waldseemüller world map, the first map to use the name America, as well as items from the Jay I. Kislak Collection, including rare books, historic documents, maps, and manuscripts. Lunch follows at a nearby restaurant for those interested. For information and lunch reservations, contact Howard Lange, (703)532-1605.
Antique Map & Print Exhibitions.
For a full listing, please visit current exhibitions for antique maps & prints.
Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs
February 1-3, Miami. The 15th Annual Miami International Map Fair. Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami. One of the largest annual map fairs, and one which attracts dealers from around the U.S., as well as some overseas dealers. Events, lectures, exhibits, and the opportunity to bring maps for a free appraisal make this a highlight event of the year for antique map collectors.
March 30, Litchfield, Connecticut. Litchfield Antiquarian Bookfair. Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, (Rte. 202), Litchfield. For more information, call 413 528-2327.
Auction Calendar
January 24, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Americana with Manuscript Material.
January 30, Gloucestershire, England. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, & Ephemera.
January 31, London. Bloomsbury Auctions. Science & Medicine, Natural History, Travel & Topography and other Antiquarian Books.
February 7, San Francisco. PBA Galleries. Travel, Exploration & Natural History including Afghanistan, Central Asia & the Subcontinent.
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