Antique Map of Egypt by G. Long with Nubia and the Nile Cataracts, 1858
€ 170
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1858
Mapmaker / artist
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; by G. Long
Publisher
Edward Stanford, London
Technique
Steel engraving
Coloring
Hand colored
Sheet size
44 × 35.5 cm (17.3 × 14.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14227-1-23
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light handling wear to the bottom right corner; minor nicks along the right edge. Light, uneven toning, slightly darker towards the edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. A center fold, as issued.
About this sheet
Original antique map of Egypt, a steel engraving colored by hand, with the lettered title "EGYPT". The map follows the Nile from the Delta and the Mediterranean coast between Alexandria and El Arish south through Upper Egypt to Assouan, the First Cataract and Nubia. It takes in the Western Desert oases, Sinai and the Red Sea coast, with Gaza and the Dead Sea at upper right. An inset in the lower left, marked "A continued", carries the river on from Abousembal or Ipsambol past the Second Cataract to the Third Cataract. Borders are colored in outline, and the Nile, the Delta lakes and the coastal waters carry a blue wash.
Under the title the cartouche reads "Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; By G. LONG, Prof. Greek. Lond.n Univ.y", followed by a short key of abbreviations (C. Cape, I. Island, Pd. Pyramid, Ru. Ruins, T. Temple) and a scale of British Miles. A note explains that a name written across the Nile marks a place on both banks, and a glossary at right translates Arabic terms such as "Wady, a valley" and "Jebel, a Mountain". A note at Assouan reads "Boundary of Egypt. First Cataract". Below the border is the imprint "London, Edward Stanford. 6 Charing Cross.", with the plate number "23." in the right margin.
The Harrow Atlas of Modern Geography was published in London by Edward Stanford in 1858 and sold at Harrow by Crossley and Clarke, booksellers to Harrow School. Its maps were selected from those of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, founded in London in 1826, which issued its maps in parts from 1829 and was wound up in 1848; Stanford later issued them under his own imprint, as this sheet shows. At the date of this map the sheet places the boundary of Egypt at the First Cataract, with Nubia lettered to the south, and it records the 1801 cutting of the causeway between Lakes Aboukir and Mareotis by the British army, citing Light's Travels of 1818.
This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
