About Us

Gonzalo Fernández Pontes is an antiquarian bookseller since 1993 specialist in antique maps, prints, sea charts, atlases, manuscripts and travel books from the fifteenth to nineteenth century.

Gonzalo Fernández Pontes got a degree in classical history and archeology in 1986. After a period of time working with international archaeological missions in Egypt, Greece and Israel, he founded his own bookshop  at Madrid in 1993.He is currently lecturer at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid summer courses talking about  antiquarian book trade.I am currently president of AILA ( Iberian Association of Antiquarian Booksellers)  member of ILAB ( international league of Antiquarian Booksellers) and served as ILAB´s Security Chair and Committee member since 2013 and finally as ILAB´s vice-president from 2014-2016 and  president from 2016 to 2018.

We are members of the following associations:

The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (I.L.A.B.)
Asociación Ibérica de librerías anticuarias( A.I.L.A.)
Madrid local association of antiquarian booksellers( Gremio Madrileño libreros de Viejo)

You are always  welcome to our gallery.During these 30 years of professional activity we have helped to build up fine  private collections of travel books and cartographical atlases either to private customers or Libraries .Institutional libraries in Spain and abroad are regular customers so that  we had the privilege to provide them with rare and unique items.
We have a fine selection of rare books,manuscripts, maps and topographical engravings. Please, call or email us with your queries.

Pontes Maps in Feriarte - 2020

Pontes Maps in Feriarte