Russia in Europe, Antique General Map with Population Table, 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
43.5 × 35 cm (17.1 × 13.8 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14487-2-57
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 right and bottom edges, handling wear to the top left and bottom right corners and minor nicks along the left edge. The printed image itself is clean.
About this sheet
This antique general map of Russia in Europe, published in 1845 as the tenth and final part of the Society's large map of the empire, carries the whole country on one upright sheet, from the Arctic Ocean and Novaia Zemlia down to the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Black Sea, and from the Prussian and Swedish frontiers east to the Ural and Tobolsk. Every government is outlined in its own band of hand applied color, so that the administrative structure of the empire reads at a glance, from Archangel and Olonetz in the north through Moscow, Tver, Vladimir and Nijnei Novgorod in the center to Kherson, Taurida and the Caucasus in the south. Finland, Poland, Livonia, Esthonia and Courland are shown as conquered provinces. A long engraved table at the upper left gives the population of every government separately, with Russia proper and the conquered provinces totalled apart. The Kirghiz Tartars, the Samoiedes and Khiva are lettered beyond the frontier.
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 right and bottom edges, handling wear to the top left and bottom right corners and minor nicks along the left edge. 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.
