The 8th edition of the Paris Map-fair will be held November 7th 2009 again in Hotel Ambassador, in the heart of Paris, just 2 minutes from the famous Opera Garnier and the major department stores, also located near Montmartre and the Louvre museum. The fair is organized by Loeb-Larocque  and Agnès Talec.
The fair includes a fine selection of travel books. Specialist Antiquarian Bookdealers in the field of travel books as Asher Rare Books, Bernard Shapero, Le Bail, Loeb-Larocque, Monsieur le Prince,Les Trois Islets, Jean-Louis Ceccarini will be showing a fine selection of travel books from all parts of the world.

With participants from France, UK, Spain, Italy, USA, Belgium and the Netherlands. The fair is a one-day event (Saturday November 7th 2009).

Dealers who want to reserve a stand  for the Fair in 2009 or who want to have more details for participation may click on one of the links.

Click here for more pictures taken during the 2008 fair

Paris has much to offer, beside this fair you are able to visit hundreds of book shops, many of them selling maps and prints.

35 International map dealers
from France, England, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, USA, Spain, Austria, Italy offering thousands of maps, atlases, views, globes.

List of participants : *new

Paris : Librairie LeBail, Librairie Loeb-Larocque, Librairie Katz Moorthamers, Monsieur le Prince, Agnès Talec, Livres & vieux papiers, Didier Martinez, Jean-Louis Ceccarini. - Saint Briac-sur-Mer, Librairie les Trois Islets
London:  Shapero Gallery, Clive A.Burden Ltd, IMCoS, Imago Mundi.
U.S.A. : Jo-ann & Richard Casten, - New York.  Barry Ruderman - La Jolla CA, Paulus Swaen - Indian Rocks, FL.
Spain :Gonzales Pontes - Madrid, Ignacio Martinez Lopez - Bilbao,
The Netherlands :  Asher Rare Books.B.V. - IJmuiden, Paul Peters, Iris Globes - Almen, Antiquariaat Plantijn - Breda. Max Silverenberg - Eindhoven
Belgique : Sanderus - Gent, BIMCC - Bruxelles.
Germany : Norbert Haas - Bedburg. Robert Berg - Regensburg. Adina Sommer - Munich. Antiquariat Holger Christoph - Bonn. George Schreyer - Bonn.
Italy : Old Times - Perugia, Stampe Antiche Enotria Antiqua - Moio / Alcantara.
Greece : Paralos Ltd. - Athènes

 [details of dealers]

PROGRAM

PARIS  MAP-FAIR
MAPS - ATLASES - TRAVEL BOOKS

Friday November 6th, 2009 - Pre-Mapfair dinner 20.00
A dinner wil be held open for visitors and participating dealers, and will be held in a typical Parisian Restaurant / Bistro on walking distance of the hotel. Price ca. 60 - 80 euros. Reservation is needed.

Saturday November 7th, 2009 - Mapfair 11.00 - 18.00

Make your visit more profitable and visit one or more of the 20 shops of Paris who are offering maps, prints and travel-related books or the hundreds of other book shops and bouquinistes along the River Seine.
Paris is still one of the best places to buy your maps and prints.

Do not miss the Map and Atlas Auction of  Béatrice Loeb-Larocque. Auction at Drouot Richelieu, 9 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris, on friday November 6th.
(further info: Béatrice Loeb-Larocque , tel +33 6 11803375 - Email

Or just relax a few hours or days following the fair and visit the Louvre, the map collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale, the Eifel Tower or the Moulin Rouge.

Getting to Paris is from many European cities very easy with the super fast trains Thalys (when ariving from Netherlands, Belgium and Cologne) and Eurostar (when arriving from London).
Check the TGV French train system. Check out all Premium trains of Europe.Air France is linking the rest of the world with Paris.

Dealers Click for your stand reservation
and show at the Paris Map-Fair

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The fair will be held in the center of Paris, Hotel Ambassador,16 Bd Haussmann, 75009 Paris.
30 minutes from Airport Charles De Gaulle and 45 minutes from Airport Orly.
Métro: Chaussée d'Antin (lines 7+9) - Richelieu Drouot (lines 8+9) - Opéra (lines 3+7+8
RER: link with AUBER.

PRE-MAP FAIR DINNER

A dinner wil be held open for visitors and participating dealers, and will be held in a typical Parisian Restaurant / Bistro on walking distance of the hotel. Price ca. 60 - 80 euros.
Reservation needed.

  

 

ROOM RESERVATION

Radisson SAS Ambassador Hotel

The Radisson SAS Ambassador Hotel,  is delighted to welcome you to enjoy the Spirits of Paris.  The hotel Ambassador is offering a rare combination of charm and character from French tradition, with modern facilities and great comfort.

This late 20's style, very centrally located hotel on boulevard Haussmann, is a first class, four star historic hotel featuring a truly Parisian atmosphere, with crystal chandeliers, paintings and antiques.  The property has a renowned gourmet restaurant and piano cocktail bar.  The Hotel Ambassador stands nearly on top of the site of the Hotel Tetebout where Thomas Jefferson, his daughter, Martha, and his slave, James Hemings, spent most of their first year in Paris.   It was at the Hotel Ambassador that Charles Lindbergh was feted after he made the first solo flight across the Atlantic from a rainy airstrip on Long Island to Paris in 1927.
Reserve a room at the Radisson SAS Ambassador Hotel (reservation form) and visit the Paris Map-Fair.

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Reserve directly a room at the Radisson SAS Ambassador Hotel (hotel reservation form) and visit the Paris Map-Fair.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions regarding the fair, either as a visitor or as a participating dealer.

Email: paris@map-fair.com

PARIS  MAP-FAIR
MAPS - ATLASES - TRAVEL BOOKS

Saturday November 7, 2009
opening hours 11.00 - 18.00 h
Hotel Ambassador
16, Bd Haussmann - 75009 Paris - France

Organisation:
 Béatrice Loeb-Larocque , tel +33 (0)6 11803375 - Agnès Talec , tel. +33 (0)6 80489709
Paulus Swaen, tel. USA +1 (727) 6873298

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