Scotland, Antique Map on Two Sheets, Highlands and Lowlands, 1845

US$934

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-14487-2-17

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

Two sheets, both age toned. Foxing in the margins of all of them. Handling wear to the corners of all of them.

About this sheet

This is an original antique map of Scotland on the two sheets on which the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge printed the mainland in 1845, offered together as one set. The first sheet covers the whole of the south, with Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Ayr, Dumfries and the Border towns marked, the Firths of Forth and Clyde cut deep into the land, the Solway at the foot, and Mull, Jura, Islay, Colonsay and Arran lying in the Irish Channel. The second sheet takes up at the Highland line and runs north to Caithness and Duncansby Head, with Inverness, Aberdeen, Elgin, Banff, Dundee and Fort William marked, the Great Glen drawn from Loch Linnhe to the Moray Firth, and Skye, Rum and Eigg off the western coast. Both sheets are noted as adapted to the points of the trigonometrical survey, both give the heights of the mountains in yards, both carry an engraved table of the former names by which the principal divisions of the country were known, and both are colored by hand along the county boundaries.

The sheets come 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 sheets of this set belong to one map and are sold together.

Two sheets, both age toned. Foxing in the margins of all of them. Handling wear to the corners of all of them.

The set is two original sheets sold together, never split. These are original antique maps, not modern reproductions. 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.