Astrakhan Orenburg and Kazan, Antique Map of the Volga and Urals, 1845
US$326
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1845
Mapmaker / artist
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London; engraved by John and Charles Walker
Publisher
Charles Knight and Company, 22 Ludgate Street, London
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Original hand color
Sheet size
35 × 43.5 cm (13.8 × 17.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14487-2-63
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
Strong age toning, the paper a warm buff, with the paper darker along the bottom edge, scattered foxing in the margins, stains in the margins and handling wear to the bottom left corner.
About this sheet
This antique map of 1845 is the seventh part of the Society's large map of Russia in Europe and covers the Volga country and the Ural frontier. Kostroma, Nijnei Novgorod, Kazan, Viatka and Perm run across the north, Simbirsk, Penza, Saratov and Samara through the center, and Astrakhan reaches down the lower Volga to the Caspian at the foot of the sheet. Orenburg fills the east with the fortified Orenburg Line drawn along the frontier, and beyond it the open steppe is lettered Kirghiz Tartars. The Volga is traced from Nijnei Novgorod to its delta, the Ural River runs east of it, and the Ural Mountains close the sheet on the right. An engraved note explains that the Ural Mountains and rivers separate Europe from Asia, although the provinces of Perm and Orenburg stretch into the latter. Hand applied color in green, orange, red and yellow divides the governments.
The plate comes from Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, in the new edition corrected to the present time that Charles Knight and Company published at 22 Ludgate Street, London, in 1845, whose first volume covers Europe. The Society was founded in 1826 by Henry Brougham and his circle to publish useful knowledge at a low price. Its maps were issued in parts from 1829, first by Baldwin and Cradock, from 1842 by Chapman and Hall and then by Charles Knight, and the series grew to about two hundred maps. Most of them were engraved on steel by John and Charles Walker, and the outline color was applied by hand.
The plate is signed by J. and C. Walker as engravers. The imprint at the foot names Charles Knight and Company of 22 Ludgate Street, London.
Strong age toning, the paper a warm buff, with the paper darker along the bottom edge, scattered foxing in the margins, stains in the margins and handling wear to the bottom left corner.
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.
