Antique Map of the Baltic Sea by Rapkin
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Baltic Sea
Publication: Tallis's Illustrated Atlas, John Tallis
Date: c.1851
Description: Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Very decorative mid-Victorian map depicting Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Estonia with vignettes drawn and engraved by H. Winkles, including Revel, Kronstadt, St. Petersburg, Abo and Helsingfors.
Condition: Later hand colouring, folding copy as published. Minor age discolouration and some old tape marks to corners of margins slight cropping to top edge as published.
Image size: 265 x 360mm
10.5 x 14.25" approx.
£100.00
Order No. 3866
John Rapkin (fl. 1835-65)
A nineteenth century map maker and engraver, best known for his work on the Illustrated Atlas of the World 1849-53 for John Tallis and Co. noted for their beautifully decorative borders and later re-issued by the London Printing and Publishing Co. London and New York.