Maps and Map-Makers

New York: Dorset Press, 1990. Seventh Edition [stated], Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 7.5 inches by 10 inches. xv, [1], 3-140 pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Note to the sixth edition. List of Illustrations. General Works of Reference. Index. Ronald Vere Tooley (29 September 1898 - 12 October 1986) was an English map dealer, an authority on early maps and cartographers, a noted compiler of catalogues on maps, cartography and antiquarian books, author of Maps and Map-makers, and founder of the Map Collectors' Circle which published a series of monographs on historical cartography in the period 1963-1975. He is considered the founder of the antiquarian map trade. Tooley was born on Michaelmas and adopted the nickname "Mick". In 1949 his second book Maps & Map-makers was published, praised as a sound introduction and guide to a complex field, and running to many editions. Originally published in 1949, this was one of the first general works on the subject by a leading London antiquarian book and map dealer, designed to be a guide for students and collectors. "Gives full information and illustrations of the principal map-makers and map publishers and their work from the earliest times to the 19th century, combining an appreciation of the popular decorative side of early maps with historical and bibliographical notes." Illustrated with 104 black and white reproductions and color plates.