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THE LONDON ANTIQUE MAP FAIR – 2011
at The Royal Geographical Society
1 Kensington Gore
London,  SW7 2AR
United Kingdom

SATURDAY 11th June  12.00 – 19.00
SUNDAY 12th June  10.00 – 17.00
(Free Admission)

www.londonmapfairs.com

The 2011 London Map Fair, taking place in the historic surroundings of
the Royal Geographical Society, is the most established and largest
antiquarian map fair in Europe: over forty of the leading national and
international specialist map dealers will be exhibiting in June.

Visitors to the fair will discover a vast selection of original
antique maps covering the whole world and printed between the 15th and
19th centuries. Highlights include a map of the universe by
seventeenth-century Venetian cartographer Coronelli, revealing the
Nine Circles of Hell as described in Dante’s Divine Comedy, as well as
a 19th century curiosity map of Europe depicting each country in the
form of a caricature: the United Kingdom figures as an old crone.

Other fine maps offered this year will include: an example of Ogilby’s
innovative and incredibly detailed, 17th century road map, marking all
inns, churches and other landmarks on the road from London to
Portsmouth - the course of the modern A3; an impression of Braun and
Hogenberg's bird’s-eye view of London; the earliest surviving printed
plan of the city, dated 1574; and Christoph Vetter's rare and
beautiful 17th century depiction of Bohemia stylised as a rose, with
Prague at its centre and Vienna, the seat of the Hapsburg Dynasty, at
its root.       

Exhibitors will offer atlases, travel books, globes, sea charts, town
plans, celestial maps, topographical prints and reference books; there
are prices to suit all pockets ranging from a very affordable £10 to
over £100,000 for exceptional pieces.

Established in 1980, this event is a must-visit in the collectors’
calendar - for map enthusiasts, dealers and curators alike. This year
Laurence Worms and Ashley Baynton-Williams will launch their
long-awaited Dictionary of British Map Engravers at the Fair. The
product of over twenty years of research, it offers a wealth of fresh
material on the map trade and a new insight into the lives of its most
important figures, revealing some surprising links and relationships
in the process.

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