Book ID: 17770

Russia in Asia (Hand-Coloured Map C.1850’s)

Tallis, John.

London.: John Tallis, .

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Original steel engraved map with outline hand colouring. From a series of 80 such maps Tallis produced during the early 1850s. Delicately engraved, all include vignettes depicting famous landmarks or inhabitants of the particular area involved. Those here include Skorskarskoi Pagost, Troitsk, and Kamchatkan Dogs. Full sheet 11″ x 14″ (27c x 37c). Decorative border. Tears on left hand edge, small nicks on bottom,”44″ written in ink on upper right corner, otherwise a nice clean copy.

Book ID 17770
Publisher John Tallis
Publisher Place London.
Language English