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-----Original Message----- From: Francis Herbert [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 08 December 2011 12:14 To: 'A forum for issues related to map & spatial data librarianship' Subject: FW: The British Isles [i.e. 2-vol. 'Guides to Dutch atlas maps' (2011-12)] ‘Lis-maps’ subscribers, The images in the forwarded message to me are omitted; but this matters little, or makes no difference to the textual/intellectual content. As will be readily realised, the period covered in this ‘Dutch contribution’ to mapping of the British Isles straddles the 2-volume cartobibliography by Rodney W. Shirley - just touching, in fact, upon the hitherto sole edition of his Printed maps of the British Isles 1650-1750 (Tring, Herts : Map Collector Publications ; London : The British Library), ISBN 0-7123-0142-9. His Early printed maps of the British Isles 1477-1650 reached a third edition (East Grinstead, West Sussex : Antique Atlas Productions, 1991), ISBN 0-9514914-2-3. FH “NOW AVAILABLE: Guides to Dutch Atlas Maps The British Isles, volume 1: ENGLAND Guides to Dutch Atlas Maps I. P. van der Krogt & E. Heere This pocket reference guide offers a descriptive catalogue of all the maps of England, and particular parts of the country, published in Dutch atlases between 1570 and 1650. All the maps in the atlases of Ortelius, Mercator-Hondius, Janssonius, Blaeu and their followers are recorded. ISBN: 978 90 6194 390 7 Pages: 256 pp. Illustrations: 204 (black & white) Price: ˆ79,50 (incl. VAT, excl. Shipping) PRE-ORDER this book now! This title will be ready for delivery as of 20 December 2011. Available in America and Canada from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN: 978 1 58456 300 6) About Guides to Dutch Atlas Maps Guides to Dutch Atlas Maps is a series of pocket reference guides for the historic and antique map collector, map curator and enthusiast. All the volumes will contain clear, short, no-nonsense yet academically valid information about all Dutch atlas maps (produced in ˆ79,50 (incl. VAT, excl. Shipping) the 16th and 17th centuries in the Netherlands) regarding a certain country or area. In the 16th and 17th centuries the Netherlands had a thriving map production and publishing industry. Johannes Blaeu and Abraham Ortelius, among others, are important names regarding the history of the Dutch cartography industry. In preparation The British Isles, volume 1: WALES, SCOTLAND & IRELAND Guides to Dutch Atlas Maps II ISBN: 978 90 6194 511 6 Pages: approx. 275 pp. Illustrations: approx. 216 (black & white) Expected: July 2012 Price: ˆ79,50 (incl. VAT, excl. Shipping) ©2011 HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV | PO Box 540 | 3990 GH | Houten | Netherlands”