We are pleased to offer a selection of maps by one of the most popular cartographers of the 19th Century - John Tallis, a London publisher. Tallis was renowned for the very accurate and maps and views of all world areas during the Victorian Age. The engraver and map maker was John Rapkin. During the mid 19th Century many books of travel and exploration were published by Tallis, using the artistic and engraving skills of John Rapkin.

The principal features of Tallis maps are the extensive use of vignette views and highly ornamental engraved framing of the perimeter. Most of his maps contained a limited amount of colour, usually outlining boundaries and major terrain features. Later in the 19th Century, many owners of Tallis atlases commissioned colourists to tint the beautiful vignettes. This selection of maps includes some with coloured vignettes. The Tallis maps featured here are from Tallis' "Illustrated Atlas of the World", published in 1851. The dimensions of all Tallis maps listed are about 245x330mm.

We also offer a scarce copy of The Bible Atlas or Sacred Geography Delineated in a complete series of Scriptural Maps drawn from the latest and best authorities and engraved by Richard Palmer. Printed in London for Balwin, Cradock and Joy in 1823.

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