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Second book recommendation this week, if you're new to collecting antique maps I recommend developing a reference library geared towards your specific subject of interest. The benefits are many and the knowledge you gain will help you with the decision making process when it comes to future investments for your map collection. I've often gone to auctions with the intention of buying some specific maps and ended up coming home with a bunch of antique map reference books. It can easily become another addiction! The book below will set you on the right road when it comes to actual mapmakers, cartographers and engravers.
Above: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers 1979. Compiled by R.V. Tooley with Preface by Helen Wallis, Map Librarian, The British Library.
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers provides information on about twenty thousand cartographers, engravers, and publishers active from earliest times until 1900. The present work is a revised, expanded, and completed edition of the incomplete series of listings that appeared intermittently in the now discontinued "Map Collector's Circle."
These books are a critical resource when it comes to understanding about maps and learning about your subject of interest.
More info on Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers 1979 can be found HERE
Happy Reference Book Hunting!
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers provides information on about twenty thousand cartographers, engravers, and publishers active from earliest times until 1900. The present work is a revised, expanded, and completed edition of the incomplete series of listings that appeared intermittently in the now discontinued "Map Collector's Circle."
These books are a critical resource when it comes to understanding about maps and learning about your subject of interest.
More info on Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers 1979 can be found HERE
Happy Reference Book Hunting!
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