The 22nd annual edition of the Ancient Geographical Map Exhibition, also known as the “Paris Map Fair,” will take place on Saturday. November 4. Hours are 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Naturally, it is held in Paris, at its usual location, the Ambassador Hotel, 16 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009. Admission is free.
There will also be a cocktail party the night before, November 3, at 7:00 p.m. This is an excellent time for collectors to meet dealers in an informal setting. There will be an open bar from 7:00 – 8:00. It is held in the Salon Mogador at the Hotel Ambassador. Reservations are required. You can make reservations at the following link: www.map-fair.com/Reservation-cocktail.html
Exhibitors will be displaying geographical maps, plans, views and atlases from the 16th-19th century. You will also find compasses, astrolabes, terrestrial and celestial globes. Free estimates and expertise will be provided for your maps.
The fair will again have a theme, this time “The Earth Beneath Our Feet – Geological Maps.” This exhibit features 19th century geological maps, often used for exploring for natural resources. The exhibitors note that, “Geology was the exciting new science of the nineteenth century, just like space exploration or biotechnology in the twentieth century. New concepts emerged regarding extraordinarily long periods of time, strange extinct creatures, systematic methods of exploring for economic minerals.” While these maps were of practical use, they often looked more like works of art. Colors shown to distinguish rock layers and other features often used vibrant colors, such as the map shown on this page.
Exhibitors will be attending from ten countries, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, South Korea and the United States. The list of exhibitors is:
France: Paris: Librairie Le Bail, Librairie Loeb-Larocque, Pingel Rare Books, Sylvie and Roland Rossignol.
Canada: Vetus Carta Rare Maps, Ottawa.
United States: Barry Ruderman - La Jolla, CA, Geographicus Rare Antique Maps - New York, RD Rare Books and Maps - Pasadena, CA, Neatline Antique Maps - Tiburon CA.
Netherlands : Paulus Swaen – Amsterdam, Paul Bremmers Antiquariaat – Maastricht, Antiquariaat De Roo, Zwijndrecht. Dat Narrenship - Middelburg.
Belgium : Sanderus - Ghent, Carta Historica – Tervuren, Il Labirinto - Sint-Denijs-Westtrem, BIMCC - Brussels.
Germany : Antik Sommer - Munich, Norbert Haas - Bedburg-Hau, Enotria - St. Wendel, Antiquariat Reinhold Berg - Regensburg, Götzfried Antique Maps - Tettnang.
Italy : Studio Bibliografico Morghen - Rome, Old Times - Pérouges, Sergio Trippini – Gavirate, Leg Antiqua Ossola - Gorizia - Sante Trinca - Albano Laziale
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28th May 2026
Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000
Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000
Forum, May 28:The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28th May 2026
Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000
Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000
Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28th May 2026
Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000
Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000
Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000
Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28th May 2026
Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000
Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000
Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000
