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Northern India Old antique map Delhi Tallis 1851
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Northern India Old antique map Delhi Tallis 1851

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Title: Northern India.

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Northern India Delhi Old map Rapkin  Tallis 1851

Title: Northern India.

Description: North India Old antique map including the Presidency of Calcutta. Vignettes showing Tiger hunt, Seal of the East India Company, Car of Juggernaut, The British Residency Hyderabad, Ruins, Old Delhi.
Reference in color.

Reference:
Red: British Possessions
Yellow: States under British protection
Blue: Independent states.

Illustrations by Wray and drawn and engraved by Rapkin.
Publisher: The London Printing and Publishing Company – Limited.
(active circa 1800-1855), Printers and publishers.
Lithograph in hand coloring
John Tallis (1838-51) founder of Tallis and Co., London map publishers who traded under various names: L. Tallis, Tallis & co, John Tallis, John Tallis & co. (London & New York) between 1838 and 1851.

After 1850-51, their maps were published by the London Printing and Publishing Co., London and New York. The Illustrated Atlas of the World, published in 1849 with the maps and decorative vignette’s engraved and drawn by J. Rapkin, was one of the last atlases to be truly decorated and is therefore highly prized.

Size:
Sheet app.: 35.5 x 27.5 cm. 14 x 11 inches.
Image app.: 31.5 x 24 cm. 12.25 x 9.5 inches.
Condition: View overall good. Faint browned soiled borders/centrefold.