The Turkish Empire in Europe and Asia, Antique Map with Greece, 1845
US$630
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-14487-2-66
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 a few foxing spots in the margins, wear to the top right corner and minor nicks along the top edge. The printed image itself is clean.
About this sheet
This antique map of 1845 shows the Ottoman Empire whole, in Europe and in Asia, on one horizontal sheet, together with the young Kingdom of Greece. It runs from the Hungarian frontier and the Adriatic across the Balkans, the Black Sea and Asia Minor to Armenia, Kurdistan, Syria, Palestine and the deserts of Arabia, with the Caspian at the right edge and Egypt at the lower left. The Greek kingdom, independent for barely fifteen years when this was engraved, is picked out in pink and green along the southern edge of the Balkans with the Cyclades and the Ionian islands; Candia and Cyprus lie in the Mediterranean; and the Crimea, Circassia and Georgia are shown along the Russian frontier. The mountain systems of Anatolia, the Taurus and the Lebanon are drawn in fine hachure, and the Desert of El Hammad or Dahna is lettered across Arabia Deserta.
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 a few foxing spots in the margins, wear to the top right corner and minor nicks along the top 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.
