Northern Africa Old map Marokko Tunis Algiers Tallis 1851

Title: Northern Africa.

Old maps Africa.

By J. Rapkin

Illustrated vignettes Mogador, Marocco, Constantine, Tunis by G. Greatbach.

From:  The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, ....
Published 1854.

Full hand colored steelplate engraving.

Mapmaker: John Tallis
John Tallis (1838-51) founder of Tallis and Co., London map publishers who traded under various names: L. Tallis, Tallis &co, John Tallis, John Tallis & co. (London & New York) between 1838 and 1851.
After 1850-51, their maps were published by the London Printing and Publishing Co., London and New York.

The Illustrated Atlas of the World, published in 1849 with the maps and decorative vignette’s engraved and drawn by J. Rapkin, was one of the last atlases to be truly decorated and is therefore highly prized.

Size:
Sheet app.: 36 x 27 cm. 14.25 x 10.75  inches.
Image app.: 25 x 33 cm. 9.75 x 13 inches
Condition:  Very good, with light browned borders.

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