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Edinburgh : W. & R. Chambers, [1845]. A neatly worked mid 19th century map - taking in Australia, New Zealand and the whole of Indonesia - by the Scottish mapmaker and engraver John Gellatly. Originally produced for W. & R. Chambers' "Atlas of Modern and Ancient Geography" (Edinburgh : 1845).
Line engraving on paper. Original outline hand colour. Engraved surface 210 x 256mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 10-1/8"). A few very faint marks, but still in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£100

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[Paris : 1812]. An early, attractive and elegantly engraved map of Australasia, Indonesia and the South Pacific by Pierre Lapie, premier geographer to the French king. Australia ("Nouvelle Hollande") is given great prominence. With a pleasant cartouche of rocks, trees and ocean. Engraved by Jean Baptiste Chamouin, with the lettering by Giraldon.
Copper line engraving on paper. Original outline hand colour. Engraved surface 221 x 286mm (approx. 8-3/4" x 11-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£125

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Paris : A. Combette, [1838]. A highly dramatic antique map, depicting Australasia and the South Pacific and forming a complete geography lesson: the map is set in the middle of a composite picture illustrating various aspects of life in the South Seas. A panel of text explains the history of the area. The geography is provided by Victor Levasseur and the artwork by Raimond Bonheur, father of the celebrated Rosa Bonheur - and the whole engraved by Laguillermie. Originally produced for the "Atlas universel illustré".
Original outline hand colour. Engraved surface 320 x 425mm (approx. 12-1/2" x 16-3/4"). A very good and clean impression. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : 1825. An attractive antique map, with full original hand colour, of Australasia and the South Pacific, with Australia ("Terra Australis") forming the dominant feature. Engraved by James Neele and Samuel Stockley and originally produced for the "Encyclopaedia Londinensis".
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 195 x 243mm (approx. 7-3/4" x 9-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London & New York : Tallis & Co., [ca.1851]. A most attractive mid-nineteenth century map - and one of the few highly decorative old maps of Australia. The still empty landmass is surrounded by vignettes - a view of Sydney, local fauna, etc., and the whole is enclosed within a decorative border. The map was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin, with the additional decorative work engraved by James Baylis Allen (1803-1876) from designs by J. Marchant.
Steel line engraving on paper, with original outline hand colour. Engraved surface 257 x 327mm (approx. 10-1/8" x 12-7/8"). A few faint spots to outer margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : Chapman & Hall, 1840. A pleasantly worked antique map from the Admiralty engravers, John & Charles Walker - the population figures are listed at 141,000 more than half in New South Wales. Originally produced as part of a series brought out under the auspices of the "Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge".
Steel line engraving on paper, with original outline hand colour. Engraved surface 331 x 399mm (approx. 13" x 15-3/4"). A couple of faint spots, mild fraying of one outer edge, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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