Alder Copse -
Email: oldfoldingmaps@gmail.com
Tel: +44 (0) 7913 383346
Specialist publishers of historical maps & charts
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“No, Sir, when man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford”
“...if a man walks out in London he is not sure when he will walk in again. A great city is, to be sure, the school for studying life”.
“By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can shew”
All frames are hand finished in black or veneered in the traditional way using woods such as Birds Eye Maple, Walnut and Indian Laurel [veneers left].
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We have an extensive collection of marble paper dating back to c.1700. Many of the mapmaker's of the 18th & 19th centuries continued the book binding tradition and used marbled paper to cover their cases.
WALL MAPS & CHARTS
Please click here to see our full collection
Our new collection of wall maps & charts will be launched at Grand Designs 2012.
Our wall maps and plans are produced in the same way as many school or wall maps in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Left: Greek & Roman Columns 1750
Right: Royal Navy third rate ship 1735
Of English writers probably only Shakespeare is quoted more often than Samuel Johnson who said of London:
Left: Stanford’s Map of Italy c.1859
Below right: Greenwood’s Map of London c.1827
Samuel Johnson 1709 -
London & a brief history of folding maps
By 1700 London was one of the greatest cities in the world. It's population of over 500,000 dwarfed the next most populous English city, Norwich, by a factor of 15 to 1. The city was, however, a very dangerous and unhealthy place. Overcrowding, poor sanitation and disease led to more people dying each year than were born. With contaminated drinking water, the streets acting as open sewers and the choking atmosphere… Read more…
A testimonial from our recent exhibition at Spirit of Summer May 2012 fair:
“Folding Maps company is really something very special indeed. Their stunning linen backed folding maps, which come in beautiful thick marbled paper slip covers were selling like hot cakes..” Read more at this blog: www.insiderchic.net/blog/