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Subject: RE: London hist of publishing
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:25:50 +0100
From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
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Alice:
"Not an appropriate book for a map library, . . ." Come, come: maps
are merely [!] one species of graphic prints; prints are but one class
of material produced by an engraver/etcher and/or printer for - often -
insertion by a book-binder into a bound volume; bound volumes (whether
books or atlases, etc.) are financed by commercial entrepreneurs
(publishers); and sold and distributed by the book (and print) trade.
All these aspects are interconnected.
To answer enquiries both here, and for my own research at home, I have
dictionaries of printers (of *all* kinds of printed matter), of masters
and apprentices in the multifarious book trade, of illustrators, etc.;
included are type founders, press owners, plate printers, lithographers
(of *any* print medium) - even of [specialist] map-makers (many of whom
are known in other disciplines)! The Raven book quite rightly places
'our' particular graphic medium within a general context of culture (and
commerce). It still happens that you and I (and 'MapHist') see
enquiries from collectors who ask about a map-maker and (at least at
first thought) cannot see why one needs to broaden one's search scope
for bio-bibliographical data in the world of print and book production.
Too narrow a vision tends to lead one into a blind alley; without having
yet seen the Raven book I expect it to be another contribution towards
remedying this situation.
End of sermon ...
Francis
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http://www.rgs.org [see 'Collections' - including some online catalogues
(e.g., many maps up to ca 1940)]
http://www.rgs.org/images
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Sent: 15 April 2006 5:08 PM
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Subject: [Maphist] London hist of publishing
For those of you interested in book publishing in London, an item you
might
miss, in a book you should not!!
"St. Paul's Precinct and the book trade to 1800" by James Raven in
"St Paul's, the Cathedral Church of London 604-2004," Yale University
Press, 2004, pp. 430-438.
isbn 0 300 09276 8
Not an appropriate book for a map library, but certainly it belongs in
any
general research library, theological library, English studies library.
James Raven has other publications in London book history if you are
seeking the context in which our mappy folk worked.
Enjoy.
Alice C. Hudson
Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
New York, NY 10018-2788
[log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027
Open 1-7:30 Tu; 1-6 Wed-Sat. Closed Sun, Mon.
See our exhibition, Treasured Maps, in Room 316,
the Edna Barnes Salomon Room,
from 11-7:30 Tu & Wed; 10-6 Thur-Sat; 1-5 Sun.
Extended to May 14, 2006!
http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html
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