Asia by Francis Young
Cartographer : - Beeton, Samuel Orchart 1830 - 1877
- Date: - 1859
- Size: - 10in x 8in (255mm x 205mm)
- Ref#: - 33163
- Condition: - (B) Good Condition
Description:
This original steel plate engraved and tique map was published by the famous Samuel Beeton in 1859
General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color : - off white
Age of map color: -
Colors used: -
General color appearance: -
Paper size: - 10in x 8in (255mm x 205mm)
Plate size: - 10in x 8in (255mm x 205mm)
Margins: - Min 0in (0mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - T&L margins cropped to border, no affecting the image
Plate area: - None
Verso: - None
Beeton was an English publisher, best known as the husband of Mrs Beeton (Isabella Mary Mayson) and publisher of Mrs Beeton\\\'s Book of Household Management. He also founded and published Boys Own Magazine (1855–90), the first and most influential boys\\\' magazine.
Beeton made money as the first British publisher of Uncle Tom\\\'s Cabin in 1852, securing the rights from the then-unknown Harriet Beecher Stowe. He launched The Englishwoman\\\'s Domestic Magazine, a pioneering serial for middle-class women, the same year. His Boy\\\'s Own Magazine, published in the UK from 1855 to 1890, was the first and most influential boys\\\' magazine.
Beeton married Isabella Mary Mayson in 1856. She began writing for The Englishwomans Domestic Magazine, and contributed to the growing success of the business.
He founded Beetons Christmas Annual paperback magazine in 1860, which in 1887 featured A Study In Scarlet, a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which was also the first work of literature to feature Sherlock Holmes.
Mrs Beeton\\\'s Book of Household Management was published in 1861. Beeton followed it with a series of other self-help textbooks, including Beeton\\\'s Book of Needlework, Beeton\\\'s Dictionary of Geography, Beeton\\\'s Book of Birds, Beeton\\\'s Book of Poultry and Domestic Animals, Beeton\\\'s Book of Home Pets, Beeton\\\'s Book of Anecdote, Wit and Humour, Beeton\\\'s Dictionary of Natural History, and others. He also produced an edition of the works of Francis Bacon.
After his wife Isabella died in 1865, Beeton\\\'s fortunes failed and he was obliged to sell the rights to the \\\"Beeton\\\" name to rival publishers and work for them for a salary. His last years were clouded by the tuberculosis from which he ultimately died, in 1877.
What is an Antique Map
The word Antique in the traditional sense refers to an item that is more than a hundred years old. In the past maps were sold in two forms, as a single sheet (broadsheet) or bound in an atlas or book. The majority of antique maps for sale today come from books or atlases and have survived due to the protection offered by the hardback covers.
When considering a purchaseThe first thing to determine when staring a collection or purchasing an item, is what is important to you. Most collectors prefer to build their collections around a theme. You may decide to collect maps from one region or country, charting its development through time. Similarly you could collect maps of one particular period in time, by type (i.e. sea or celestial charts) or by cartographer. The collector might also want to consider the theme of cartographical misconceptions such as California as an island or Australia as Terra Australis or the Great Southern Land.
The subject is so wide that any would-be-collector has almost endless possibilities to find his own little niche within the field, and thereby build a rewarding collection.
Pricing is based on a number of different factors, the most important of which is regional. In any series of maps the most valuable are usually the World Map and the America/North America. The World because it is usually the most decorative and America because it has the strongest regional market. Other factors that come into play re: price is rarity, age, size, historical importance, decorative value (colour) and overall condition and quality of paper it is printed on.
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