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FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE EARLY MAPS the MAP HOUSE of LONDON (Established 1907) IM@SJO Spring 2007 Number 108 FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE EARLY MAPS THE MAP HOUSE OF LONDON (established 1907) Antiquarian Maps, Atlases, Prints & Globes 54 BEAUCHAMP PLACE KNIGHTSBRIDGE LONDON SW3 1 NY Telephone: 020 7589 4325 or 020 7584 8559 Fax: 020 7589 1041 Email: [email protected] www.themaphouse.com IMCoS LIST OF OFFICERS President ] OURNAL OF THE Roge r Baskes Directors Themis Strongilos Malcolm R. Young INTERNATIONAL MAP Hans Kok Advisory Council Rodney Shirley (Past President) COLLECTORS' SOCIETY Oswald Dreyer-Eimbcke (Past President) W.A.R. Richardson (Adelaide) Spring 2007 Issue N°·w8 Montserrat Calera (Barcelona) Bob Kan ow (Chi cago) Peter Barber (London) Contents Cathet;ne D elano-Sm.ith (Lo ndon) Helene R.ichard (Pari s) Gi.inter Schilder (Utrec ht) Executive Committee and Appointed Chairman's message 3 Officers Chairman: Hans l(ok From the Editor's desk 4 Poelwaai 15 , 21 62 HA Li sse Demus Reinhartz: Ephemeral Maps? 5 The Netherlands Tel/ Fax: +31 25 2415227 Sjoerd de M eer: Map Treasures Return Home 18 e-mail: [email protected] Udo Kroplien: Maps on Stamps 21 Vice Chairman: Val eri e Newby International Representative: Francis Herbert: Inventory of Maps on Display at the RGS 28 Rolph Langlais General Secretary: Stephen Williams Book reviews 35 135 Selsey R oad, Edgbaston The Late Lord Wardington: Collecting Atlases- A Memoir 41 Bim1ingham B 17 8JP, UK Tel: (0) 121 429 3813 IMCoS Matters 46 e-mail: Stephen_ williamslO@ ti scali.co.uk You write to us so Membership Secretary: Irina Kendix 104 Church Road, Watford, H crts WD 17 Mapping Matters: N ews from. the world of maps 51 4QB,UK T el: (0) 1923 253 379 Jenny Harvey: Exhibition review. London: A Life in Maps 53 e-mai l: memsec. imcos@tiscali .co. uk National representatives 64 Treasurer: Tim Whitten Lower Bonehill Farm , Index to Advertisers 64 Widecombc-in-the-Moor Newton Abbot, Devon TQ 13 7TD Cover map: The fourth state of Polus Antarctiws by 1-l enricus 1-l ondius published in Dealer Liaison and webmaster: Volume V of Atlantis Majoris, 1652. (From th e collection of Mi chael Ross). Yasha Beresiner NB. An article on the four states of this map will be published in rhe Summer issue of 43 T emplars Crescent, London N3 3QR the j on mal. Tel: (0)20 8349 2207 Fax: (0)20 8346 9539 Member Liaison: Caroline Batchelor Copy and other material for our next iss ue (S ummer 2007) should be submitted by I st Journal Editor: Valerie Newby March 2007. Editorial items should be se nt to: The Editor: Val eri e Newby, Prices Cottage, 57 Quainton Road, North Marston, Bucks Co-ordinator of National MK18 3PR United J(ingdom T el. 01296 670001 email: valeri c.n [email protected] Representatives: Robert Clancy Librarian: David Gestctner Designer: Jo French Flat 20. 11 Bryanston Square, London Wll-12DQ Advertising Manager: Jenny Harvey, 27 Landford Road, Putney, Londo n SW15 1 AQ Photographer: David W ebb email: j [email protected] IMCoS administrative office: Rogues Roost, Poundsgate, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 7PS, UK Fax: (0) 1364 631 042 All signed articles arc the copyright of the author and must not be reproduced without the written consent of the author. Whilst every care is taken in compiling this joumal, the Society cannot accept any e-ma iI : fi na ncialsecretaria t@i mcos.org responsibilicy for the accuracy of the infom1ation included herein. www.imcos.org 1 2 IMCoS Journal A LETTER FROM THE lMCoS CHAIRMAN llans Kok ur SpringJournal - by vi rtue of its title and by being the first one in the 2007 edition - takes our minds to the start 0 of the new li fe -cycle in nature, but that applies only if you reside on the northern hemisphere. Those li ving "down under" (not only Australians') arc looking upon wintertime now. As "down- under" and "up-there" arc concepts hard to defend in both as tronomical and ca rtographica l sense, I had best leave them alone and ta lk about other matters, more of interest to our readers, I hope. Our President, Roger Baskcs, has announced that he wants to step down fi·om his function by June 2007 in view of new commitments at The Newberry Library as these might confli ct with his IM CoS interests. The search for a successor is on! We have meanwhile been successful in finding Hans Kok, a new Treasurer for the Society; as a matter of fact Clwimwn of we were lu cky in having a choice between two IMCoS. excell ent ca ndidates. H e wi ll be nominated during this Journal Valerie will give more details, at least the next AGM in June; it is good to know that, as fa r as currentl y avai lable. when in need, there arc members stepping Before that, yo u arc all most welcome to forward to help fill the gaps. participate in the map evening, being organised in The Executive Committee has taken the deci­ London on Tuesday Jrd April, 2007 (not Monday, sion to cancel the planned Moscow event in view as promulgated on a previous occasion!), chaired of various difficulties in organizing it; the efforts of by Francis Herbert. Of course, you would need to Andrcy Kusakin and Iri na Kcndix have come to be "within range" ofLondon at that time. naught without any fault on their sid e. As soon as Returning to the concept that spring is the the occasion aris es, we might take up the idea growin g season : may maps - old and not so old - again . In view of the timing of the Guatemala and continue to grow upon you' the New Zealand Symposiums (in February 2007 and 2008 respectively), there is hardly a time-lapse between Symposiums that we could not li ve with. JoiNING IMCoS For those members w ho have blocked time in their agendas and now find themselves without Would all members encourage their friends and cartographic pastime, the good news is that there colleagues to join our Society. Tell them we arc a will be an alternative in Chicago in ea rl y happy bunch of people who both love to coll ect November 2007. You might say that this is a and study early maps and that they would be most goodbye present fi·om our current President as he welcome to share in our events around the World. is involved in the organisation of "Maps", a huge event coin ciding with and complementing the Current membership prices are:- Kenneth Ncbcnzahl Lectures and the meeting of the Society for the History of the Discoveries Annual £35 ($75) (S HD). An impressive number of cartographic Three Years £85 ($190) events will take place at various famous venues in Junior members pay 50% of the full subsc ription (a Chicago; some of them will be there for an junior member must be under 25 and/or in full extended petiod afterwards as well. Elsewhere in time education). WWW.1111COS.Org 3 fROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Valerie Newby n a recent television programme call ed and she loved it so much she made three or four "Fortune Seekers" w here ten people were visits and felt quite distressed when she learned it sent on a treasure hunt across the world using was closing in March. Sec her review on page 53. I maps and a globe, it was blithely stated that Other treats in this issue arc the introduction to "boys are better than gi rl s at reading maps." Do the Sotheby's catalogue of his coll ection by Lord you think this is true' If you have a view do write Wardington. One of our members suggested we and tell us . reprint this for mem.bers who did not attend the As I write this we are in the throes of some of sa le and don't have access to the catalogue because the wettest weather l have ever experienced. The his wtiting was so moving and so well described fields around my home have been transformed into the hopes and aspirations of a book and map lakes which arc attracting seagulls and ducks. All collector (albeit a slightly richer one than most). quite bizarre as we are more than 80 miles away Dennis Reinhartz of the University of Texas at from the nearest coastline. In contrast to this damp Arlington has added colour and interest with his prospect is an exciting year ahead for map enthusi­ piece on ephemera and Udo Kropli cn has put pen asts starting with the IMCoS symposium in to paper about his collection of maps on stamps. Guatem.ala - the Society's first visit to Central Having canied the responsibility of IMCoS Am.erica. Other events throughout the year Advertising Manager for nearly four years our long­ include the London weekend, lectures and map fair time member Rolph Langlais has decided to pass on at Olympia in June and the C hi cago festival of this task to Jenny Harvey. Rolph fe lt that havi ng n1.aps in November. There are also many map been elected the IMCoS International exhibitions in libraries and museums around the Representative last June it was timely for him to world which arc all listed on John Docktor's relinquish the advertising job. He believes it is website (www.d()cktor.cof!!). I counted 36 differ­ "unwise and improper to amass functions." I am ent exhibitions last time l looked which struck me sure you will all welcome Jenny, our past chaimun, as quite amazing.
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