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Tallis’ Germany

Tallis’ Map of Germany

SKU: 8010
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Title:
Tallis’ Map of Germany

Date of publication:

  • c.1851

    • Printed Measurement:

  • 27 x 36 cm

    • Colour:

  • original

    • Mapmaker:

  • John Tallis

    • Engraver:

  • John Rapkin

    • This map of Germany was engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas.

    John Rogers engraved a number of vignettes: the Palace at Saxe Gotha, birthplace of Prince Albert; Coburg; Cologne; Dresden; Luther’s house in Frankfurt; silver mines in the Harz Mountains. Read more

    Also included are profiles of Johannes Gutenberg, Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, the ‘inventors of printing’.

    Condition & Materials

    Steel engraving, 35 x 25 cm, original outline colour, blank verso. Read less