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Title: A map of Middle-earth by Pauline Baynes, JRR & CJR Tolkien. 73x50cm. 1977

Description: A Map of Middle-Earth'. Baynes had been commissioned to illustrate Tolkien's 1948 work Farmer Giles of Ham. Tolkien was so pleased with her work that he wrote to her expressing the wish that she would illustrate his then incipient Lord of the Rings works. Two decades later, Allen & Unwin commissioned Baynes to paint a map of his Middle-earth. Tolkien supplied her with copies of the charts that he and his son Christopher had made in the course of writing The Lord of the Rings. With the assistance of British Army cartographers, Baynes created the coloured map that Allen & Unwin published as a poster in 1970, embellished with a header and footer showing some of Tolkien's characters, and with vignettes of some of his stories' locations. Tolkien wrote that her conceptions of the Teeth of Mordor, the Argonath, Barad-dûr and, especially, Minas Morgul were very similar to his own, though he was less happy with her images of his heroes and their enemies. According to Baynes, Tolkien's wife Edith remarked on the poster's painting of a spider in a way which gave Baynes the impression that she had not read her husband's work. . Drawn and embellished by Pauline Baynes. Based on the cartography of J.R.R. and C.R.J Tolkien. Published Ninth Trade Printing 1977. Vintage poster map of the fantasy world described in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" legendarium. Size 51 x 73 cm | 20.0 x 28.5 inches. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. Tags: 1977, Baynes Pauline, Fantasy, Fantasy maps, Lord of the Rings, Map, Tolkien John Ronald Reuel

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