Bavaria Wurtemberg and the Tyrol, Antique Map with Switzerland, 1845

US$216

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-14487-2-48

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

Moderate overall age toning, with the paper darker along the top and right edges, foxing through the margins, stains in the margins, wear to the top left corner and minor nicks along the left edge.

About this sheet

This antique map of 1845 is the third sheet of the Society's map of Germany and covers the whole of the south, from the Rhine at Mainz down across Baden, Wurtemberg, Bavaria and Franconia to the Tyrol, Switzerland and the plain of Lombardy. Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Munich, Augsburg, Nuremberg, Ratisbon and Salzburg are marked in the German lands, Innsbruck and Bolzano in the Tyrol, and Geneva, Berne, Zurich, Basel and Chur in Switzerland, with Milan, Verona and Venice at the lower edge. The Alps run across the lower half of the sheet in dense hachure, with Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa named, and a note beneath the title explains that the heights of the mountains and lakes above sea level, and the depths of the lakes, are all given in yards. Hand applied color in blue, red, green and yellow divides the states, and the imprint records publication in June 1842 with correction in 1844.

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 and is dated 1 June 1842, corrected 1844.

Moderate overall age toning, with the paper darker along the top and right edges, foxing through the margins, stains in the margins, wear to the top left corner and minor nicks along the left edge.

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.