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Fine Books & Collections announces (on May 10th) 'Antique Map Dealer Publishes
The First Catalogue Of The World's Printed Antique Maps, From The Year 1472 To
1850'. This proves to be Map World's Antique Map Catalogue For Collectors. It
comprises 25,000 printed maps up to 1850 and, because its context is the thesis
that maps are good investments, it 'gives every map's current replacement
value, from £50 to £6 million'. [No doubt Maphisters will wish to draw up their
own list of the £6 million = $9 million maps.]
My reason for mentioning it is not to promote what is essentially a commercial
exercise but to wonder what - as the first [sic] such work - it might add to
the long established Antique Map Price Record (AMPR), issued in print since the
early 1980s and in annual editions online since 2002. At a current total of
133,000 records, this is almost three times the size of Map World's new
offering. Besides its commercial information, the AMPR is also a valuable, and
well illustrated, bibliographical resource.
http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2010/05/antique-map-catalogue.phtml
http://map-world.com/antique-maps.html
http://www.maprecord.com/index.html
Tony Campbell
[email protected]
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