Re: Strange Maps

Hi, Randal --

> I am surprised I haven't
> seen this posted here before:

Perhaps because there isn't much active discussion on this list any more?

For those still out there in Caf=E9 space who have an interest in such =

matters, I recommend exploring Tony Campbell's comprehensive =

bibliographic website of things online having to do with the history =

of maps.

Tony's got a link to the Strange Maps blog on his "Special Topics" =

page at:

http://www.maphistory.info/topics.html


... And while we're on the subject of history of maps, there's a new =

title coming out from the Rare Book Society, just today announced over =

the MapHist discussion list by Francis Herbert:

	_British Map Engravers: A Dictionary of Engravers,
	Lithographers and Their Principal Employers to 1850_

	by Laurence Worms and Ashley Baynton-Williams

more details at:
http://www.ashrare.com/British_map_engravers.html

Not only is the authors' topic of considerable interest, but so is the =

publisher's "subscription" business model.

I've debated such back-to-the-future business models before with some =

on this list, and I shall be very interested in seeing how this =

approach pans out for a London bookseller in the year 2011, almost 3 =

centuries later than the publication experiments of which I'm aware.

Here's hoping it works!

Deborah
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