Antique Map of Australia with the 1855 Population Table and County Lists, 1858
€ 330
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
Publisher
Edward Stanford, London
Technique
Steel engraving
Coloring
Hand colored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14227-1-28
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 left corner; a small irregularity of a few millimeters to the bottom edge. Light, uneven toning, slightly darker towards the edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. A center fold, as issued.
About this sheet
Original antique map of Australia, a steel engraving colored by hand, with the lettered title "AUSTRALIA". The map shows the whole continent with Tasmania, Torres Strait and the southern coast of New Guinea, and the colonies of West Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria within their boundaries, with the northern part lettered North Australia. The color is in outline, with each colony in its own color, Tasmania outlined in orange, and a pale blue wash along the coasts.
Under the title is a key of abbreviations, the note "Heights & Breadths are given in yards." and a table headed "POPULATION 1855." giving New South Wales 251,315, Tasmania 64,874, Victoria 273,792, South Australia 95,000 and West Australia 12,008, with no figure for North Australia. Below it is "Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." Four numbered lists name the counties: "COUNTIES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA" (26), "COUNTIES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA" (8), "COUNTIES IN NEW SOUTH WALES" (68) and "COUNTIES IN VICTORIA" (24). Tasmania is noted as "Discovered by Abel Tasman 1642". A scale reads "English Miles, 69.1 = One Degree". Below the border is the imprint "London. Edward Stanford 6 Charing Cross.", and the plate number "28." is above the upper right corner.
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. On this sheet New South Wales still runs north along the east coast past Moreton Bay and Brisbane, and the routes and furthest points of inland explorers are marked, among them Sturt's farthest North.
Condition: Light handling wear to the bottom left corner; a small irregularity of a few millimeters to the bottom edge. Light, uneven toning, slightly darker towards the edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. A center fold, as issued.
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.
