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Ronald Vere Tooley (29 September 1898 – 12 October 1986) was an English map dealer, an authority on early maps and cartographers, a noted compiler of catalogues on maps, cartography and antiquarian books, author of Maps and Map-makers, and founder of the Map Collectors’ Circle which published a series of monographs on historical cartography in the period 1963-1975. He is considered the founder of the antiquarian map trade.

First Edition, pp. xix + 633pp, 239 plates and maps on endpapers. NEAR FINE copy in VG+ dustjacket #1016/160922/051222

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Australia — Maps — Bibliography. First Edition.