Another book on antique map collecting that appears to be an essential and excellent introduction to the world of map collecting is Francis J. Manasek’s Collecting Old Maps. From Antiquaries Manasek:

Filled with data, reference information, and hundreds of illustrations, the book will also be useful to advanced collectors, dealers, and institutional curators. It will introduce a beginner to this fascinating hobby with all the information needed to get started and make sense of many difficult aspects of collecting. Price, condition, identifying, buying and selling at auction, conservation and repair, are but some of the topics covered.

Reviewers at Amazon seem to concur.

[tags]Antique Map Collecting, Map Books[/tags]

Welcome to Map the Universe, a blog where one person chained to a cubicle will try to document what I learn about the unique world of antique map collecting. What can I say, even in this era of GIS and web-based vapour maps, I still have a thing for paper maps and, in particular, antique maps.