Estonia Livonia and Saint Petersburg, Antique Map of the Baltic, 1845
US$354
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-14487-2-59
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, a few specks in the margins and handling wear to the top right and bottom left corners. The printed image itself is clean.
About this sheet
This antique map of 1845 is the third part of the Society's large map of Russia in Europe and covers the Baltic provinces. Esthonia and Livonia run along the north with Revel, Dorpat, Pernau and Narva marked and the islands of Dago and Oesel in the Baltic; Courland lies to the south west with Mittau and Libau; and Riga stands at the head of its gulf with the Duna running inland. Saint Petersburg fills the upper right with Cronstadt guarding its approach and the Gulf of Finland engraved between, and the governments of Pskov, Vitebsk, Vilna, Mohilev and Minsk complete the sheet to the south. Lake Tchoudskoe, the Peipus of today, is drawn in full. A dotted line marked across the map shows the boundary between Russia and Poland before the Partition Treaty of 1772, and hand applied color in green, orange, red and pink separates 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, a few specks in the margins and handling wear to the top right and bottom left corners. The printed image itself is clean.
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.
