Norway by John Bartholomew 1854

Steel engraved map.  Original colouring.

Published in 'Blacks General Atlas of the World' 1854

John Bartholomew Sr. (26th April 1805 – 8th April 1861) was a Scottish cartographer and engraver. The son of George Bartholomew, engraver (1784–1871), he founded the engraving and mapmaking firm of John Bartholomew and Son Ltd in 1826. 

He was a master copper plate engraver and engraved some fine maps for local Edinburgh firms, such as street maps for Lizars, others for the Encyclopaedia Britannica and for some educational publishers like A & C. Black. He was commissioned to engrave the map of Treasure Island for Robert Louis Stevenson.


Adam & Charles Black Ltd was founded in Edinburgh in 1807 by Adam Black (1784 – 1874).  It began mainly as an educational publisher of atlases and text books.  It printed early editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.  The company moved to London in 1889 and developed into one of the largest British publishing houses of the 20th Century.
Page size is 32cm by 44cm
Map area is in good condition for age, engravings are clear. Some paper browning stains and marks. 

Blank on reverse
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