The map of Middle-earth annotated by illustrator Pauline Baynes and Tolkien himself has now been transcribed by Blackwell’s Rare Books.
Late last month we reported that a map of Middle-earth featuring annotations by J.R.R. Tolkien had been re-discovered in a copy of The Lord of the Rings owned by the late Pauline Baynes. In the late 1960s Baynes collaborated with Tolkien to produce a poster-map — known as “A Map of Middle-earth” and first published in 1970 — based on the map of Middle-earth found in most copies of The Lord of the Rings.
Blackwell’s Rare Books are currently selling a large number of items from Pauline Baynes’s collection. A catalogue can be viewed online, and hard-copy is available on request.
Transcribed Map
Susan Theobald at Blackwell’s Rare Books has now completed the painstaking task of transcribing the annotations by both Baynes and Tolkien, and has kindly shared the end-product with the Tolkien Society. Click on the map for a closer look.
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!["MILDOR [wine-land]" scribbled out.](https://www.tolkiensociety.org/app/uploads/2018/02/mildor.jpg)
