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Code: 49568
Author: Swanston,George.H
Publisher: Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography
Date published: 1860s
Engraved with original colour (printed and hand finished) Overall size: 57cms x 46.7cms. Image size: 522mm x 420mm. Centrefold as issued; some browning to sheet edges, two faint fox marks on left and right neatline( not noticeable )and one finger mark in Martinique blank area else very good condition. Inset maps of Algeria, French Guiana, Corsica, St Marie Island, Bourbon, Guadeloupe & Martinique. Note at left states the foreign possession in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Highly detailed map with delicate pastel colouring. The first publication of this atlas appeared in eighteen separate parts between 1852 and 1861 as the geographical companion to Fullarton's Gazetteer of the World (Wardington Catalogue)