Crimea and the Black Sea, Antique Map of Taurida and Kherson, 1845
US$370
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-14487-2-64
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 overall age toning, with light soiling along the edges, a few small specks in the margins, and the engraved border running close to the sheet edge on all four sides.
About this sheet
This antique map of 1845 is the eighth part of the Society's large map of Russia in Europe and covers the north shore of the Black Sea. The Crimean peninsula occupies the right of the sheet, mapped in full with the mountains of the southern coast drawn in heavy hachure and Simferopol, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Kaffa, Kertch and Eupatoria all marked; the Gulf of Perekop and the long sandbar of the Arabat spit separate it from the Sea of Azov, which is lettered in both Russian and Latin as Azovskago More and Palus Maeotis. Kherson and Iekaterinoslav fill the center with the lower Dnieper and Odessa on the coast, and Podolia and Bessarabia run west to the Austrian and Wallachian frontiers. A small index map of the whole of Russia in Europe, keyed by Roman numeral to the nine sheets of the series, is set into the lower center of the plate. A dotted line shows the extent of Poland before the Partition Treaty of 1772.
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.
Light overall age toning, with light soiling along the edges, a few small specks in the margins, and the engraved border running close to the sheet edge on all four sides.
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.
