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A handy guide for anyone interested in collecting antique maps. Includes discussions on the nature of antique maps, how to tell originals from reproductions, the history of their production, and issues involved in purchasing and collecting them. Designed for the beginning collector, but useful for anyone with an interest in maps from the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries.
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About the Author:
Christopher W. Lane is co-owner of The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd., purveyors of antique prints, maps and related books. As owner of The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd., Chris purchases, sells and appraises antique prints, maps and related books. He also researches and writes catalogues for the Print Shop. Chris has given lectures around the country on various topics, including natural history prints, Currier & Ives, prints of Niagara Falls, and maps. Amongst these lectures were several to prints and map societies, at The Pennsylvania Historical Society, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, and at major antique shows around the country.
In 1991, Chris was on the panel of experts for the American Historical Print Collectors Societys project of the New Best 50 Currier & Ives prints. Chris interest in Currier & Ives prints stems not from a collecting inclination but rather from his philosophical interest in Currier & Ives as the archetypical American popular prints.
Besides the Print Shop catalogues, Chris has had many articles published in antique show catalogues. He has authored articles which were published in international map journals, and his article A Comparison of the Original and New Best 50 Currier & Ives, was published in the 1991 American Historical Print Collectors Society publication, Currier & Ives. The New Best 50. In 1995 he began writing a series of booklets on print and map collecting, including What is a print?, A Guide To Collecting Antique Historical Prints, and A Guide To Collecting Antique Maps.
In 1993, Chris wrote a book, Impressions of Niagara, documenting the Charles Rand Penney Collection of Niagara Falls prints. This is likely the largest single collection of these prints, with over 700 images contained in it. Chris book contains a complete detailed listing of each image, as well as an historical essay on the history of prints of Niagara Falls, and the book is now being cited as the standard reference on the subject. At the same time as aut
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- PublisherPhiladelphia Print Shop Ltd
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0963692437
- ISBN 13 9780963692436
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages44
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