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A GUIDE TO COLLECTING ANTIQUE MAPSA basic guide for anyone interested in collecting antique maps. Includes a brief discussion of the nature of antique maps and suggestions on collecting them. Also included are clues to identifying new color and clues to identifying original maps. $8.00
THE MAKERS OF THE BLUEBACK CHARTS: A History of Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd.
Susanna Fisher. St. Ives (England), 2001. Cloth.
From the 18th Century on, navigators relied on nautical charts produced by a handful of chartmakers and instrument sellers who worked in the City of London. Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, which just celebrated its centenary, is the descendant of those old publishing firms and currently flourishes as the leading private publisher of nautical charts and pilot books. This fascinating book traces the chart trade from its origins to the present day. $49.95
MERCATOR: The Man Who Mapped The Planet.
Nicholas Crane. New York: 2003. Cloth.
A fascinating biography of the man who solved the riddle of how to convert the three-dimensional globe into a two-dimensional map. Mercator’s projection remains the most common world view to this day. $26.00
THE A TO Z OF ANTIQUE PRINTS & MAPS
Donald H. Cresswell and Christopher W. Lane with Carolyn R. Cades. Philadelphia, 2002. Paper. 40 pp.
An expanded version of What is a Print? with information on collecting, research, storage, related periodicals, conservation and framing, among others. A concise reference. $8.00
COLLECTING ANTIQUE MAPS. A New Edition with Price Guide.
Jonathan Potter. London, 2001. Updated edition. Cloth.
A welcome reissue of this excellent basic map collecting book. With lots of crisp and colorful pictures, insightful and fairly comprehensive text, this is a book which belongs in every map collector's library. With a newly added price guide in British and U.S. currencies. $30.00
AMERICAN CITIES: Historic Maps and Views.
Paul E. Cohen and Henry G. Taliaferro, editors. New York, 2005. Cloth.
With texts by leading map specialists, and richly illustrated by rare or previously unpublished maps and views, this book captures the spirit of nine great metropolises: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco. The Philadelphia chapter is by The Philadelphia Print Shop’s Donald H. Cresswell. $69.95
MAPPING THE WORLD: An Illustrated History of Cartography.
Ralph E. Ehrenberg. Washington, 2006. Cloth.
Published by the National Geographic Society, this magnificent book highlights more than one hundred maps from every era and every part of the world which, organized chronologically, display an astonishing variety of cartographic styles and techniques. $40.00
IMAGINED CORNERS: Exploring The World’s First Atlas.
Paul Binding. London, 2003. Cloth.
Fascinating exploration of the historical, social, and scientific context in which the world’s first atlas was created and published in Antwerp in 1570. With many well-selected color illustrations. $79.95
ANTIQUE MAPS. A Collector's Handbook
Carl Moreland & David Bannister. Oxford, 1989. Paper. 3rd expanded edition.
A most useful reference for the beginner or sophisticated collector, now in an attractively-priced, new edition. Includes: general introduction, biographical listing of cartographers, and interesting short articles on collecting. This new edition includes more Americana. After our guide (above), this is the one reference every map collector should own. $24.95
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Revised Edition. A - D.
Josephine French (ed.) Tring, England, 1999. Cloth
The first volume of the long awaited revised edition of R.V. Tooley's seminal Dictionary of Mapmakers. The other volumes are finally available, and this is a 'must have' set. $115.00
Also:Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Revised Edition. E - J. Riverside, CT, 2001. Cloth. $115.00
Also:Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Revised Edition. K - P. Riverside, CT, 2003. Cloth. Edited by Valerie Scott. $115.00
Also:Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Revised Edition. Q - Z. Riverside, CT, 2004. Cloth. Edited by Valerie Scott. $115.00
Historical Atlas of the United States
National Geographic Society. Washington, 1993. Cloth.
Using antique maps, prints, photos and other artifacts as illustrations this atlas chronologically depicts the cartography of the territories that became the United States, from 1400 to the 1990s. Includes a folded wall map, overlay in four scales, and flat magnifier. $100.00
ART & CARTOGRAPHY. SIX HISTORICAL ESSAYS.
David Woodward, ed. Chicago & London, 1987. Cloth.
The essays in this book illuminate the complex intermingling of art and science in maps and mapmaking. $78.00
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