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Library

To increase your enjoyment of each visit to antiqueprintclub.com and to help you to appreciate the individual assets of any item that catches your interest, we are continually researching for our "library" of light lectures, discerning descriptions, fascinating facts, and pertinent pithy little paragraphs. We hope you will be "bitten by the bug" of collecting antique maps and prints!

Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to know how many of a specific "print" were "pulled" or "struck" so many years ago. Some more important works such as atlases and portfolios included a list of subscribers when originally published. These were the royal, and otherwise 'notable' patrons, who contributed funds to enable the information to be compiled and the map or print to be engraved, (and who were subsequently presented with a copy of the work). In these cases this provides a clue only to the minimum number of original prints that were produced. Sometimes insolvency resulted in less than the subscribed number of prints being produced by a publisher.

Here at the Antique Print Club you can find information on the identification of antique maps and prints; processes used in the production of these wonderful early graphics; and short summaries on some cartographers, engravers, artists and publishers who through science and art have contributed so much to our knowledge and enjoyment today.

If we can help you with your search for particular images, or even offer advice with regards your collection or its preservation or presentation, please drop us a line. Meanwhile, happy hunting!