The Dominions of David and Solomon, Antique Hand-Colored Map, 1823
€ 355
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1823
Mapmaker / artist
James Wyld; engraved by G. Neele
Publisher
G. and W. B. Whittaker, London
Technique
Copper engraving
Coloring
Original hand color
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14409-20
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
Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. Foxing over much of the margin. All four corners are present. Several larger brown marks. Folding plate, original center fold as issued.
About this sheet
This is an original antique copper engraved map with original hand coloring, published in 1823 as plate XX of James Wyld's Geographia Sacra, or Scripture Atlas. The engraved title reads "The DOMINIONS of DAVID and SOLOMON. Note. Modern Names are underlined, as Cairo." The title is engraved in a large pink panel in the lower right corner of the map, with a scale of British statute miles below it.
The map runs from Cyprus and the "MEDITERRANEAN or GREAT SEA" at the left to Mesopotamia and Babylon at the right, and from the Sea of Cilicia down to Egypt and the head of the Red Sea. The small land of Israel lies along the coast, crowded with names, while Aram, Hamath, Zobah, Damascus, Ammon and Edom are each set off in their own wash of orange, green, yellow or blue gray. Tadmor in the Wilderness is marked in the green wash of Zobah, Arabia Deserta and the Land of Uz spread across the yellow ground to the south and east, and Egypt is washed green at the lower left, where Cairo is underlined as the note in the cartouche explains.
Below the lower border the credit J. Wyld del. is engraved at the left and G. Neele Sculp. at the right, with the imprint between them: "Publish'd by G. & W. B. Whittaker. 13. Ave Maria Lane. April 1823." The plate number is engraved as XX. in the upper right.
The atlas was published by G. and W. B. Whittaker in London, and its engraved title page names Wyld as "of the Quarter Master General's Office, Horse Guards". James Wyld the elder (1790 to 1836) was a London geographer and map publisher.
Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. Foxing over much of the margin. All four corners are present. Several larger brown marks. Folding plate, original center fold as issued.
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.
