Description: A LARGE CENTRE-FOLDED SHEET CONTAINING ORIGINAL PRINTED MAPS OF ANCIENT EGYPT AND PALESTINE AS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE TRIBES AS ENGRAVED FOR THOMSON'S "CLASSICAL AND HISTORICAL ATLAS, PUBLISHED IN PARTS IN 1820 IN EDINBURGH. IMAGE SIZES: 46 x 32 cms. 18" x 12" approx. THOMSON'S PUBLICATION, ISSUED IN PARTS WAS INTENDED TO FURNISH A SERIES OF MAPS TO ILLUSTRATE THE CLASSICAL AGES AND OTHER REMARKABLE PERIODS IN HISTORY, ON A SCALE CORRESPONDING TO HIS EARLIER PUBLICATION, "NEW GENERAL ATLAS". THE ANCIENT MAPS WERE COMPOSED BY D'ANVILLE AND WERE COPIED FROM THE PARIS EDITION OF THAT CELEBRATED WORK. THE SERIES OF MAPS WERE DRAWN AND ENGRAVED FOR JOHN THOMSON AND CO. EDINBURGH; BALDWIN CRADOCK AND JOY, LONDON; AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN. PRINTED ON THICK GOOD QUALITY HAND-MADE PAPER. A FEW MINOR GRUBBY MARKS TO MARGINS. THOMSON'S MAPS ARE WELL REGARDED FOR THEIR SIZE AND QUALITY. A VERY NICE CENTRE FOLDED MAP IN GOOD FRAME-ABLE CONDITION. WILL BE SUPPLIED ROLLED IN A TUBE. (WE WILL BE LISTING OTHER THOMSON MAPS IN DUE COURSE)
Price: 35 GBP
Location: Edinburgh
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Country/Region: Spain
Format: Atlas
Year: 1820
