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In this section we gather together information for the collector of rare maps, antique atlases and antiquarian books. We offer advice on building and housing your maps and books, provide biographies of mapmakers, and a glossary of bookselling terms, and we draw together some common themes that span our collections, and tell stories of the histories of exploration and cartography.
The latest News
The Unseen Cultural History of the Middle East
3 December 2024
This year, Abu Dhabi Art expanded with the birth of a new section called the Collector’s Salon, which features antiquarian works for the first time, ranging from manuscripts and astrolabes to armour and rare books.
The section not only broadened the fair’s offering but also foregrounded the oft-neglected cultural history of the Middle East through documents and artefacts that have long gone unseen.
Click here to read about The Asala Collection exhibited at our stand – an archive of over 33,000 photographs that document the rapid growth of the United Arab Emirates, Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, and the Holy Land from 1860 to 1960.
How To
Collecting Rare Maps and Books
Are you new to collecting rare maps, atlases or books? Would you like guidance on how to handle the books and maps in your collection?
From the glossary
Spine
The back portion of a book’s binding which is visible when a book is shelved in a bookcase; the portion that is attached at the joints to the front and rear covers.
Mapmaker biographies
APIANUS, Petrus
Born in Saxony as Peter Bienewitz, he studied at the University of Leipzig from 1516 to 1519, where he adopted the Latinised version of his German name, Petrus Apianus. In 1519, he moved to Vienna, where he was part of the second Vienna school of cartography, which included Georgius Tannstetter and Johannes Cuspinianus. He then moved again to Landshut, where he produced the Cosmographicus liber in 1524, an extremely popular work on astronomy and navigation which underwent thirty reprints. Based on Ptolemy, it contains paper instruments called volvelles, which Apianus would use so effectively in his work that they are sometimes known as Apian wheels.
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Saturday: by appointment
Closed: all bank holidays and 1-31 August
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