Boston Rare Maps specializes in rare and unusual antique and vintage maps depicting all periods of American history.  We also offer American historical prints, city views and a growing selection of illustrated broadsides.  We serve a wide variety of clients, including private collectors and institutional map collections, as well as those seeking just a few special pieces for themselves or as gifts to clients, friends or family.

Boston Rare Maps was founded in 2002 by Michael Buehler, a long-time collector of rare maps and historical ephemera.  He has developed a reputation for highly personalized client service and for offering rare and interesting material presented in a scholarly context. A specialist in the field, he is a regular public speaker and has published a number of articles in “The Portolan,” the journal of the Washington Map Society.  He has been a guest curator of two map exhibitions at Harvard University, including most recently "Toward a National Cartography: American Mapmaking, 1782-1800," which appeared in early 2011.

Michael Buehler's credentials include speaking engagements at the American Historical Print Collectors Society, Boston Map Society, Historic Deerfield, New York Map Society, New York Public Library and numerous local historical societies.  He is a governing board member of both the Boston Map Society and American Historical Print Collectors Society and a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers (MARIAB).  He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Swarthmore College and an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.