Stolen maps Stockholm

• Subject: Stolen maps Stockholm
• From: Göran Bäärnhielm <goran.baarnhielm@kb.se>
• Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 17:05:00 +0000

Dear colleagues!
Sad news: The Royal Library, Stockholm, has also been visited by one of
those involved in the recent wave of map theft.
I made a quick check of our Orteliuses and Mercators, and almost all
have suffered: some 20 maps have been cut out with some haste, mainly
the worldmaps, America and Asia, also the Septentrionales regiones, with
a preference for high-class engraving and bright colouring. That is, the
same pattern as Paul van den Brink reports. 
Checking continues and will probably reveal more losses. There is now a
major investigation as some of you may know, but I guess the chance of
recovery is slight.
Regretfully
 
Göran Bäärnhielm, Map Curator   
Kungl. biblioteket - The Royal Library - National Library of Sweden
P.O. Box 5039, SE-102 41 Stockholm, Sweden                            
Tel.: +46-8-463 4180. Fax: +46-8-463 4328.
E-mail: goran.baarnhielm@kb.se


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