Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1860
Sheet size
37 × 54 cm (14.6 × 21.3 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13383-15
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
Good antique condition. Light overall age toning consistent with age. Minor scattered foxing and light handling marks, mainly visible in the margins. Original central folds as issued. No major tears or losses.
About this sheet
Denmark with Schleswig and Holstein, together with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, an original engraved atlas sheet from The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography, published in 1860 by Blackie & Son of Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. It covers two plate numbers, XIII and XIV, printed side by side across a double page, with outline hand color.
The left page is a map of Denmark with Schleswig and Holstein, the colored boundary of Schleswig lettered in green near the foot of the page. Jutland, Zealand, Funen and the smaller Danish islands are shown with towns, roads and waterways. The right page is divided into panels: Iceland occupies the upper half, showing its glaciers, lakes and coastal settlements, while the lower half is a map of Greenland carrying the Faroe Islands and a small Iceland inset, with a note on the Greenland coast set in the center.
The status of Schleswig and Holstein was a leading political question in Europe around 1860, and the sheet shows the duchies in the context of the Danish kingdom, together with its North Atlantic possessions.
