The 18th Paris Map Fair Will Be Held on November 9
- by Michael Stillman
The 18th Paris Map, Instruments & Globes Fair will be held on November 9 in, you guessed it, Paris, France. It will bring dealers in the map field from all over the world to one of the world's favorite places to visit. If you were looking for an excuse to go to Paris, you now have one.
Doors will open on Saturday, November 9, at 11:00 a.m., and will remain open until 6:00 p.m. There is no entry fee. The fair will be held at the historic Hôtel Ambassador, 16 Bd Haussmann, “in the heart of Paris.” The fair organizers note that it is just 2 minutes from the Opera Garnier and major department stores. Save your shopping until after the fair to see how much money you have left.
Some of the items that will be offered at the fair are antique maps, atlases, globes, scientific instruments, and travel books. Among the participants, traveling all the way from America are Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Neatline Antique Maps, Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, and Paulus Swaen. Those coming from England include Daniel Crouch Rare Books, Altea Antique Maps, and Clive A. Burden Ltd. From continental Europe there are too many to mention, and even a dealer is coming all the way from South Korea. There are 38 international map dealers in all. The organizers are Librairie Loeb-Larocque and Le Zograscope of Paris.
Along with offering material for sale, free estimates will be provided for your maps, atlases, globes, and instruments.
There will also be a cocktail reception held the night before the fair. It will be open to visitors as well as dealers. It starts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 8, at Salle Mogador in the Ambassador Hotel. It will run for one hour. Reservations are required.
If you are looking for a place to stay, there is no place closer than the Hotel Ambassador itself. It is now part of Marriott Hotels so be sure to bring your rewards number.
To learn more about the fair, make your reservations for the cocktail reception, or view the joint catalogue, you can visit the fair's website at map-fair.com, or if you prefer to read it in English, you can go to map-fair.com/english-version.html.
ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections Open for Bidding 2-17 April
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.
