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1925ref. 174961Constantinople.: The Anglo-American Book & Newsagency. 1925. Printed folding colour map 36 x 49.2 cm street grids for Stambul Pera Galata and Skutari railways and landing places marked small fold splits affecting the margins only now repaired with archival material two small holes at central folds pin-holes to the four corner some age-toning but in very good condition. A scarce map of the historic peninsula soon after the Republic of Turkey was founded and the capital moved to Ankara. Printed for the tourist market this map is a rare survival. . The Anglo-American Book & Newsagency. unknown
1851ref. 174952London & New York.: Tallis J & F. 1851. Lithographed map 24.5 x 32.3 cm borders picked out in original hand colour four inset vignette illustrations decorative Greek key border edge worn and discoloured paper toned but the attractive map in good condition. Attractive decorative map prepared for "Tallis's illustrated atlas and modern history of the world." one of the last great illustrated series of world maps. The fine vignettes are of Mt. Olympus Rhodes a ketch in the Mediterranean Sea and two costumed Ottomans. . Tallis, J & F. unknown
1851ref. 174666London.: Tallis John. 1851. Lithographed map 24.2 x 32 cm districts picked out in original hand colour inset vignette illustrations decorative border lower margin ragged but the attractive map in very good condition. Attractive decorative map from "Tallis's illustrated atlas and modern history of the world." one of the last great illustrated series of world maps. The fine vignettes are of Cape Town Graham Town and entrance to the Knysha Heads. . (Tallis, John). unknown
1962ref. 174808Kuala Lumpur.: Survey Department Federation of Malaya. 1962. Very attractive large coloured folding map 108 x 83cm showing all the major hotels and rest houses throughout the country. Coloured references show rubber rice coconut and oil palm areas pineapple and miscellaneous cultivation areas mining land jungle built-up areas and shopping centres along with major features such as rivers principal roads minor roads and cart tracks railways lighthouses district state and international boundaries and triganometrical stations with heights. Scale 18 miles to an inch mile. Two inset maps of Northern Malaya and South Western Malaya are 9 miles to an inch. There are smaller inset maps of Ipoh; Malacca Singapore & Johor Bahru Penang Sungei Patani Kuala Lipis Kuantan Alor Star Kota Bharu Petaling Jaya Seremban Klang Batu Pahat Muar Segamat Johore Bahru and a small inset map of Malaya and adjacent territories. There is a large black & white table of approximate mileages. When folded the map is encased in the original printed manila covers measuring 21 x 14cm with a printed price of $2.50. A crisp bright map in very good condition. Survey Department Federation of Malaya No. 23. . Survey Department Federation of Malaya. unknown
1833ref. 174939London.: Published for the Proprietors by Mr. Bull. 1833. Engraved map 14.1 x 8.8 cm original hand colour in very good condition. Fine miniature map with appealing hand colour denoting Lower Central and Upper Egypt. . Published for the Proprietors by Mr. Bull. unknown
1900ref. 174813London. Circa1900. Map printed in colour showing submarine and overland telegraphs Manchuria Chosen Liao-Ting Kirin and Chili 21.5 x 13.3 cm 25.7 x 17.1 cm sheet size margins a little scuffed in very good condition. . unknown
1874ref. 174897London.: Virtue & Co. circa1874. Printed colour map 18.4 x 24.1 cm edge wear marginal spotting and on the verso but the map in very good condition. Unusual map showing time differences east and west of Greenwich before the atomic clock and well before satellites! The explanatory text notes aso that: "The space comprehended between the meridiens of 120 & 160 E. is repeated in order to show the relative position of England to Australia both eastward and westward." . Virtue & Co. unknown
1803ref. 174955London. circa1803. Engraved map 23 x 18.5 cm original folds small split to one fold affecting the margin only paper age- toned lower corner darkened and on the verso inked circles to the lower half in an early hand but in good condition. Finely engraved early 19th Century map also showing to the north Syria Palestine and Cyprus and Darfur and Mountains of the Moon Sources of the Nile to the South. . unknown
1856ref. 175109Paris.: Gustave Barba Editeur. 1856. Lithographed map with original hand colour central fold 24.2 x 31.5 cm marginal toning plate number in manuscript in very good condition. Finely engraved Dufour map of Central Asia prepared for his "Atlas Populaire" showing East Turkestan Petite Boukharie and Kalmykia Dzoungarie Mongolia and Tibet. . Gustave Barba Editeur. unknown
1902ref. 174898Leipzig.: Bibliographisches Institut. 1902-1908. Map printed in colour 27.2 x 21.4 cm inset colour key to territorial administration by country inset "western continuation of the main chart" including the Gulf of Tschili and Tsientsin and two insets at the foot of the map to the Kuril and the Ryuku Islands text in Geman central fold slight edge toning but in very good condition. Attractive map text in German prepared for Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. . Bibliographisches Institut unknown
1880ref. 174956London.: The London Printing and Publishing Company. Circa1880s. Printed map 24 x 32.1 cm decorative border two original vertical folds paper toned mainly at the edges inner margin of the sheet ragged but in good order. A late edition of the map used for the well-known Tallis map this without the characteristic vignettes and on thinner paper. . The London Printing and Publishing Company. unknown
1840ref. 174957London.: Charles Knight & Co. circa1840s. Lithographed map with original outline hand-colour 31.9 x 39.1 cm small marginal tears neatly repaired with archival material but no loss small surface abrasion affecting the border at the foot edgewear and browning inked pagination in an early hand but in very good condition. A handsome map with fine topographical engraving also showing the borders with Hungary Russia and Persia. . Charles Knight & Co. unknown
1875ref. 174830New York.: Harper & Brothers. 1875. Map printed in colour polar projection 21 x 27.1 cm marginal spotting and toning small edge tears to the inner margin but in god condition. Prepared for "Harper's School Geography" first published by Harper & Brothers in 1875. The map shows physical features mountains steppes plains rivers and deserts etc. together with sources of primary production: whale fisheries furs coffe tea minerals etc.The verso of the map with references and attractive line engravings part of the entry for Netherlands and Belgium. . Harper & Brothers. unknown
1880ref. 174937London Edinburgh & Glasgow.: William Mackenzie. 1880. Map printed in colour with original outline hand colour 29.8 x 22.7 cm central fold edge toning but in very good condition. Published for inclusion in "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Useful Knowledge". . William Mackenzie. unknown
1900ref. 174875London and New York.: Encyclopedia Britannica. circa1900. Map in three insets after W & AK Johnston engravers with printed outline colour 18.9 x 28.9 cm central fold paper age-toned but in very good condition. Interesting map which first appeared in the ninth edition of Encyclopedia Britannica. . [Encyclopedia Britannica] unknown
1895ref. 175135London.: Times Atlas of the World. 1895. Map printed in colour 23.2 x 35.9 cm. two edges gilt with three inset maps key to religions outlined in colour bottom margin chipped edges browned a few silverfish abrasions affecting the verso but in good condition. . (Times Atlas of the World) unknown
1895ref. 175108London.: Times Atlas of the World. 1895. Double-page folding map printed in colour 46.5 x 36.5 cm. edges gilt central fold with an inset map of Somaliland Somalia and the island of Sokotra key to European possessions outlined in colour small edge fold tears affecting the margin only and two other small edge tears slight toning at the edgaes but in very good condition. Attractive and detailed map prepared for the first edition of "The Times Atlas of the World". . (Times Atlas of the World). unknown
1875ref. 175128Harper & Brothers. 1875. Spherical map printed in colour 21.3 x 21.2 cm with shaded key to elevation and ocean currents unrelated text on the verso paper toned and margins soiled bottom edge ragged small sealed to to the inner margin but in sound condition. Map showing the five continents of Asia Africa Antarctica Europe and Australia. Published by Harper & Brothers for inclusion in their "School Geography". Plateau of Tibet very prominently marked. Gobi Desert and Plateau of Mongolia also marked India described as Hindostan Indo-China includes Thailand. . Harper & Brothers. unknown
1843ref. 174934London.: Chapman & Hall. 1843. Engraved map with outline hand colour 39.4 x 31.4 cm inset map "Continuation from the Dead Sea to Mount Sinai" with finely engraved notes and a key to the Divisions under control of the Turkish Government manuscript pagination in an early hand to the top right edge tear nicks and browning but in very good condition. A most attractive map with detailed notes published when Syria was still under control of the Ottoman Empire. . Chapman & Hall. unknown
1910ref. 174839New York. circa1910. Printed colour map 29 x 25 cm with inset map of the Eastern Part of India colour key reference key to the ruling divisions current and projected railways and telegraphs also shown central fold slight toning; in very good condition. Interesting map shaded by Divisions: the Presidencies of Bengal Madras Bombay Ceylon "Native States under British Protection" and "Independent States" Nepal and Bhutan. . unknown
1893ref. 174920New York.: Hunt & Eaton. Circa1893. Printed map in colour elevation shown with hachures 29 x 23.5 cm text on the verso relating to entries for Afghanistan Beluchistan and Turkey prepared for Hunt & Eaton's "New York Recorder's Atlas" small tears to the top edge but in very good condition. . Hunt & Eaton. unknown
1739ref. 174921London.: The Gentleman's Magazine. circa1739. Engraved map 22.2 x 31.4 31.1 x 33 cm sheet size elaborate explanatory key in three columns at the foot original folds sealed 2 cm tear to the lower part of the inner margin one other small fold tear no loss inner margin of the key trimmed with some loss an original fault paper browned and spotted on the verso but an historic map in good condition. . [The Gentleman's Magazine]. unknown
1877ref. 174916Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1877. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 33.1 x 40.2 cm four inset maps text in German central fold slight marginal edge wear and spotting to the verso but in very good condition. A handsome map detailing the lands of Islam from Hegra in AD 622 to the fall of the Umayyads in AD 750. The inset maps depict a western extension to the main map and city plans for Damascus Jathrib & Medina and Mecca issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit". . Justus Perthes unknown
1900ref. 174904circa1900. Map printed in colour text in English provinces shaded in colour 28.3 x 23.2 cm central fold paper toned a small edge tear confined to the outer margin but in good condition. . unknown
1830ref. 175250London.: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Baldwin & Cradock. 1830. Engraved map wth outline hand colour 29.7 x 42 cm relief shown in hachures key to abbreviations including "Ancient Ruins" the west and east extremities attactively engraved to burst through the border original folds map with occasional spotting more pronounced at the lower corner edges a little ragged small chip to the inner margin no loss to the map manuscript pagination in the lower corner but in good condition. . Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Baldwin & Cradock. unknown