Antique Map of Scotland With an Inset Map of the Shetland Islands, 1854
€ 1 250
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1854
Sheet size
79.2 × 58.2 cm (31.2 × 22.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
PCT-56401
Condition
Given age. Original middle fold, as issued. Minimal paper separation in left middle fold margin, backed. Contemporary hand coloring. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study carefully.
About this sheet
Stunning Map of Scotland that will look beautiful in any setting framed on the wall. Large Antique map titled 'Scotland with its Islands, drawn from the Topographical surveys by James Wyld.' Map of Scotland. With an inset map of the Shetland Islands. From James Wyld's 'A New General Atlas of Modern Geography.', published by James Wyld. Geographer to Her Majesty Charing Cross East. 1854.
Artists and Engravers: Cartographer: James Wyld. James Wyld (1812-1887) was a British publisher and cartographer. His greatest geographical achievement was Wyld's Great Globe, exhibited in Leicester Square between 1851 and 1862. The globe, sixty feet high and lighted with gas, was at that point the largest ever constructed. He was geographer to Queen Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Albert.
Condition: Good, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. Minimal paper separation in left middle fold margin, backed. Contemporary hand coloring. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
