-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Special Talk with Scandinavia Map Collector Bill Ginsberg Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:45:02 -0500 From: Paul Cohen <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: maps-l A Special Event at The Scandinavia House... Please join us on Thursday evening, March 1st at The Scandinavia House for Charting the Journey from Collector to Author/Publisher: A Talk by William B. Ginsberg. Over the past two decades, it has been our pleasure to work with Mr. Ginsberg as he assembled one of the most important collections of early maps of Scandinavia. In the process he has become one of the subject’s finest scholars. We congratulate him on the success of his book, Printed Maps of Scandinavia and the Arctic, 1428-1601, and are proud to sponsor this event. Charting the Journey from Collector to Author/Publisher A Talk by William B. Ginsberg Thursday, March 1, 6:30 pm. FREE The Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue between 37th & 38th Street For more information see: http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/ William B. Ginsberg will discuss his newly-published book, Printed Maps of Scandinavia and the Arctic, 1428-1601, the first scholarly cartobibliography of the far north. From the first printed map of Scandinavia, a 1482 woodcut from Ulm, Germany, to a 1601 Dutch copper-plate engraving, this richly illustrated book shows how cartographers systematically collected and incorporated information from reports of explorers and travelers to develop increasingly detailed maps. “The maps present even the untutored eye with a cornucopia of information about the rise and fall of nations, exploration and the wonders of geology,” wrote Roberta Smith in a New York Times review of an exhibition of Mr. Ginsberg’s collection at Scandinavia House in 2002. Mr. Ginsberg, who has collected maps for more than 20 years, will discuss the origins of his interest in maps of Norway and Scandinavia and his in-depth research into the subject. He will frame his discussion around images of some of the most beautiful, rare, and interesting maps by the greatest names in the history of cartography. Sponsored by Richard B. Arkway, Inc. and Cohen & Taliaferro LLC. ************************************************* Richard B. Arkway, Inc. / Cohen & Taliaferro LLC Fine Antique Maps, Atlases, Globes & Voyage Books 59 East 54th Street, suite #62 New York, NY 10022 (212) 751-8135 - (800) 453-0045 http://www.arkway.com