ANTIQUE JOHN RAPKIN MAP OF EGYPT, THE RED SEA & THE NILE - UNCOLOURED (c. 1860)
Item History & Price
ANTIQUE MAP ...... of EGYPT, identifying the villages down the Nile and on the banks of The Red Sea, drawn by the eminent cartographer JOHN RAPKIN (1815-1876) who drew the maps for the ILUSTRATED ATLAS published by John Tallis at the time of The Great Exhibition (1851). After Talis ceased trading, the Rapkin maps were republished by The London Printing and Publishing Company - and this map bears their imprint.
This folding map came from a Victorian enyclopa...edia published circa 1860. In these days of the internet, these old encyclopaedias no longer have a commercial value - but whenever we come across an odd volume our family, who have been booksellers for seventy years, always save the maps - and this is one of the ones we have saved.
PAGE SIZE 380mmx275mm
IN VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION (with one sealed nick)
This folding map came from a Victorian enyclopa...edia published circa 1860. In these days of the internet, these old encyclopaedias no longer have a commercial value - but whenever we come across an odd volume our family, who have been booksellers for seventy years, always save the maps - and this is one of the ones we have saved.
PAGE SIZE 380mmx275mm
IN VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION (with one sealed nick)
