Eastern Hemisphere, Antique Map with Population and Religion Tables, 1845
US$481
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
43.5 × 35 cm (17.1 × 13.8 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14487-2-2
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 the paper darker along the right and top edges, foxing through the margins, one or two spots larger than the rest, stains in the margins and handling wear to the top left and bottom right corners.
About this sheet
This antique map of 1845 presents the Eastern Hemisphere as a full circle, carrying Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia with the Indian Ocean at its center. Russia in Asia stretches across the north, the Sahara, Soudan and the kingdoms of west Africa fill the left of the globe, and Hindoostan, the Chinese empire, the East Indies and the new Australian colonies of South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia run down the right. Interiors still carry the honest blanks of the 1840s, and the mountain chains are drawn in delicate hachure. Hand applied color marks out the boundaries of the great powers. Three engraved tables occupy the lower corners. One gives the surface of the globe in square geographical miles, divided between Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia and Polynesia, land and sea. Another gives the population of each continent. The third counts the adherents of the Christian, Jewish, Mohammedan, Brahminical and other faiths. The engravers John and Charles Walker are named at the lower right.
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 the paper darker along the right and top edges, foxing through the margins, one or two spots larger than the rest, stains in the margins and handling wear to the top left and bottom right corners.
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.
