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TALLIS, J. - Black Sea.

TALLIS, J. - Black Sea.
TALLIS, J. - Black Sea.
Published: London, London Printing and publishing Company of London, ca. 1851
Size: 245 x 320mm.
Color: In original o/l colours.
Condition: Paper slightly age-toned. Generally good condition.

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Decorative steel engraved map of the Black Sea with inset views of Sebastopol and Odessa. There are also vignettes of Constantinople, Sinope and Varna.
Taken from "The illustrated atlas and modern history of the world by John Tallis". The Illustrations after a design by H. Warren and engraved by J.B. Allen. The Map was drawn and engraved by H. Winkcles and published by "The London Printing and publishing Company".

John Tallis a London publisher was one of the most popular cartographers of the 19th Century. He became famous for the very accurate and visually appealing maps that featured the extensive use of vignette views from around the World and ornamental perimeter engraving.
Principal engraver and mapmaker to John Tallis was John Rapkin, renowned for his extraordinary artistic and engraving skills. Between them they produced many books of travel and exploration.
The London Printing and publishing Company of London and New York bought the rights for many Tallis maps in 1850 and continued Publishing his Illustrated Atlas of the World until the mid 1850s.
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