May
8, 2008
Antiquarian
Book Fair in Milan
Martayan
Lan Rare Books and Fine Antique Maps will
be exhibiting at this year's Libri
antichi e di pregio a Milano, sponsored
by the ALAI.
The fair will feature 35 selected antiquarian
bookseller and 1100 international editors,
and will run from Thursday
May 22nd, 2008 to Sunday May 25th, 2008.
Libri antichi e di pregio a Milano
Salone dei Tessuti
Via
San Gregorio 29, Milano
22nd:
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm (entrance reserved to librarians)
6:30 pm (opening on invitation only), 23rd:
10 am - 8 pm, 24th: 10 am - 8 pm, 25th: 10
am - 2 pm
Exhibitors:
44
Contact
> alai@alai.it
[Tel: +39 347 64 6 9147]
Internet
> http://www.alai.it
March
26, 2008
The
New York Antiquarian Book Fair
Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April
6, 2008
Martayan
Lan Rare Books and Fine Antique Maps will
be exhibiting at this year's New York Antiquarian
Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory under
the management of Sanford L. Smith & Associates.
The Fair is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic
Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
of America, and features 200 of the finest
dealers from the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands,
Italy, England, France, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Argentina and Denmark. It is
the country's oldest and most prestigious
book fair. Visitors and collectors can browse
and buy from extensive collections of rare
books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, finely
bound volumes and ephemera in all specialties,
including History, Law, Music, Dance, Fashion,
Gastronomy, Children's Books, Art and Philosophy.
For
more information, click
here.
Hours & Admission:
Friday
Saturday
Sunday |
noon - 8pm
noon - 7pm
noon - 5pm |
$20 Admission
$30 Two-Day Pass
$45 Run of Show Pass
The
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets
New York City
www.armoryonpark.org
Preview Gala
Thursday, April 3, 2008, 6-9pm
To benefit The
Morgan Library & Museum
Information 212-777-5218
March
6, 2008
Martayan
Lan Gallery Open This Sunday, March 9
Hello
Friends and Friends of Maps,
Coinciding
with our forthcoming full-page ad in this
Sunday's New York Times, our antique map gallery
will be open on Sunday (March 9) from 11 to
5. Look for our ad in the "A" main
news section of the Times. We hope you can
visit on Sunday.
A
preview of the maps that will be offered in
our ad-many of them new to our web site-can
be reached via the following link:
http://www.martayanlan.com/timesmaps.htm
Highlights
include:
>
Benjamin
Franklin's Gulf Stream chart.
>
The
first, useful California Gold Rush map.
>
The
first map of New York City's Upper West Side.
>
A
rare bird's-eye view of Bar Harbor & Mt.
Desert Island.
>
The
first printed map of Lake Champlain.
>
Bunting's
unique clover-shaped, Jerusalem-centered world
map.
>Early
woodcut plans of Venice
, Rome
, Paris
& Constantinople
.
February
5, 2008
The
41st California International Antiquarian
Book Fair
Friday, February 15 through Sunday,
February 17, 2008
Martayan
Lan Rare Books will be exhibiting at this
year's California International Antiquarian
Book Fair, along with nearly 200 members of
the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of
America and the International League of Antiquarian
Booksellers. A three-day admission ticket
can be purchased at the door on Friday, February
17 for $15.00. Tickets purchased on Saturday
or Sunday are $10.00 and include return entry
throughout the remainder of the fair.
ABAA and ILAB members admitted free upon
showing membership card.
The
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel
(click
for map)
2025 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: (310) 277-2000 or (310)
228-1234
Fax: (310) 551-3355
Reservations: (800) 233-1234
www.centuryplaza.hyatt.com
January
30, 2008
Fifteenth
Annual Miami
International Map Fair
"The Super Bowl of mapdom." - Miami Today
Saturday, February 2 and Sunday, February
3, 2008
10 am to 5 pm
Join
Martayan Lan for a weekend of browsing and
buying antique maps of every size, shape and
color, alongside fellow map dealers, collectors
and aficionados from the four corners of the
world. The Historical Museum of Southern Florida's
Miami International Map Fair, the #1 map fair
in the world, includes workshops and lectures
(special
weekend registration required) .
Location:
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33134
Tickets
may be purchased at the door.
Admission
includes entrance to the international dealer's
marketplace, access to receive an expert opinion
of your own map and the opportunity to win
door prizes.
For
more information regarding the Historical
Museum's Miami International Map Fair, call
305.375.1492 or e-mail mapfair@hmsf.org
January
7, 2008
Boston
& Beyond: A Bird's Eye View of New England
We
would like to draw your attention to a fascinating
exhibit featured at the Boston Public Library,
displaying the Norman B. Leventhal collection's
assemblage of bird's eye views.
Unlike conventional flat maps, bird's eye
views are a fascinating kind of specialty
map that presents an urban area as if the
observer hovered over the community at an
elevation of 2,000 to 3,000 feet. The town
"below" appears as if in a kind of imaginative
snapshot of an historical moment, revealing
the factories, homes, parks, cemeteries, churches,
even details of vernacular architecture. The
story told in the exhibit is of the growing
economic vitality and urbanization of the
Boston and New England region during the last
half of the 19th century, when industrialization
and immigration were the primary engines of
urban growth.
This free exhibit at the Boston Public Library,
Copley Square will run daily from January
through June 2008. A virtual tour of Boston
and Beyond will appear on our website
when the exhibition opens in January 2008.
In February 2008 you will be able order beautiful
reproductions of maps on our website.
For
more information, visit the Boston Public
Library's site by clicking
here.
December
20, 2007
Support
The Fitzgerald & Kanner Trust For Historic
Maps
The
Fitzgerald & Kanner Trust for Historic
Maps was established to endow the Miami International
Map Fair, to support the growth of the museum's
map collection, and to foster an appreciation
of historic maps through exhibitions, publications
and educational programming.
In 1990, to honor his service to the Historical
Museum and his interest in maps, an anonymous
donor established the Joseph H. Fitzgerald
Trust for Historic Maps as a part of the museum's
endowment. The Trust has grown through donations
of generous friends and map enthusiasts.
The Trust recognizes the two individuals most
responsible for the continued success of the
Map Fair. The collaboration between Founder
and Chairman, Joe Fitzgerald and Map Fair
Manager, Marcia Kanner, both former Historical
Museum board chairs, has helped the Map Fair
become a premier event in the world of maps
and a signature event for the museum. Beyond
their personal commitment they have made past
gifts and pledged future gifts to support
the Trust. In so doing it is their hope that
the Miami International Map Fair will continue
in perpetuity.
To
make a contribution to the Trust , call Map
Fair Manager Marcia Kanner at 305.375.1492
or e-mail m.kanner@hmsf.org
November
27, 2007
A
Unique Map Briefly on View in Vienna
The
Austrian National Library gave an extremely
unusual viewing of the Tabula Peutingeriana
yesterday. (Read
the BBC article)
The
first and best printed facsimile of the Peutinger
Table was commissioned by Ortelius. A beautiful
example of this four-sheet map was featured
in our recent catalogue.
November
19, 2007
Martayan
Lan Holiday Hours
We
will be open for business on Friday, November
23 from 10:30 am to 5pm.
During
the holiday season, beginning next week, we
will extend our map gallery hours to Mon-Fri,
9:30 - 6:00.
The
map gallery will be open Sunday December
2nd to coincide with our full-page
ad in the New York Times on that
day. Look for it in the "A" section
of your Sunday Times.
Several
just-acquired maps, not yet on our web site,
can now be viewed in the gallery. Most are
from a distinguished private collection. They
include an early state of Sanson's "Amerique
Septentrionale"(1650) and of De
l'Isle's "Carte du Canada"
(1703).
Also
now available are a complete copy of Noll's
monumental plan of Rome (1748) and a rare
contemporary - bound copy of the French edition
of the Mitchell Map (1756/ 1776), called the
most important in American history.
October
17, 2007
Compass
Roses Hit The Pavement
While we have long enjoyed compass
roses as beautiful and useful embellishments
of our maps, we are pleased to note a new
appearance of this cartographic tool: on
New York City sidewalks near subway station
exits. These compass rose decals have
been employed only at a few subway stations
to date, but if they prove popular the Grand
Central Partnership plans to add more.
Should they catch on, even the most recent
transplant to our fair city will be able to
navigate the streets like a native.
