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Ed You are quite correct that the Atlas of the Electors was displayed in Baltimore as well during the road show version of the Field Museum exhibit. Many folks who saw the Baltimore show, however, will not have seen it because it was physically separate from the other maps. It was located about two floors above the others, in the galleries of Rennaissance art. I suspect this was for space reasons but I don't actually know. Bert Original Message: ----------------- From: Edward James Redmond [email protected] Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:34:44 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MapHist] Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] World's Largest Book This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Wasn't this atlas also displayed in the Baltimore portion of the exhibit? >>> Angie Cope <[email protected]> Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:22 AM >>> This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Does anyone remember the giant atlas displayed at the Chicago Field Museum for the Festival of Maps exhibit in 2007/08? It was quite large as well. Atlas des Groβen Kurfürsten (Atlas of the Great Elector) by the Italian Giovanni Antonio Magini in 1665. Printed maps, bound in leather and gold held at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Map Department. The last time it was displayed in the U.S. was at the 1893 Columbian Exposition - also in Chicago. That book weighs 270 pounds - but I can't find the measurements. Angie AGS Library George Carhart wrote: > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Truly interesting bookends. One a beautiful example of art nouveau > water nymph cast in bronze with fine enamel highlights (Tiffany or > Fabergé ?). The other a example of a British majolica book end in the > Toby jug form (Royal Doulton?). Both examples of the wonderful and odd > things collected by the British Library. > > George Carhart > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Kovarsky > Sent: Jan 27, 2010 4:37 PM > To: MapHist > Subject: [MapHist] Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] World's Largest Book > > Forwarded from ExLibris-L. Most of you on MapHist will recognize > some of the "book-ends." The photo appears to be the same shot for > _The Map Book_, edited by Peter Barber, on p. 165. > > Joel Kovarsky > > > On 1/27/2010 10:23 AM, White, Eric wrote: >> The "World's largest book" is worth a look... >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/26/klencke-atlas-british-library-ex hibition >> >> Eric White >> Bridwell Library >> >> >> > > George S. 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