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I have been an antiquarian bookseller since 1998. I started with maps and prints only and gradually moved into the field of antique books. Nowadays my stock will be about half maps half books. Starting with large piles of relatively cheap maps, the present selection covers most areas of the world with emphasis on Africa, Asia and the Americas. In the past ten years I was lucky to find and sell a wall map of the world by Willem Blaeu and von Humboldt's manuscript map of Mexico and the southwest USA. My interest in books and maps lies in the voyages of discovery and the early reports from sailors, missionaries, soldiers and tradesmen, on what they found in those distant and distinctive worlds of Asia, Africa and the Americas.
I became acquainted with the art of paper makers, early printers, colourists and bookbinders through the group of restorers that has been working with me since the beginning. This group, The Frisian Restorers, has now found its own premises and has been accepting work from third parties since 2007.
In the collection you will find a small but selective number of early printed books, science books, voyages and atlases.
At present the exposition room shows a collection of early maps of Venezuela, including the originals of Agustin Codazzi. The text is in Spanish, but an English version is available upon request.
The rarest of the books will be the Maximilianus Transsylvanus: de Moluccis Insulis (Cologne, January 1523), the first report of Magellaens circumnavigation of the world.
We will participate in the New York Antiquarian Bookfair (April 2-5) and the London Bookfair (June 4-6).We look forward to meet you there.
Frederik Muller Rare Books
Noordermeer 10
9251 LS Bergum Holland
tel ++ 31 511 432146
fax ++ 31 511 432135
e-mail: info@frederikmuller-rarebooks.com
VAT NL8111.96.562.BO1 |
