Antique City Map of York by Rapkin
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York
Publication: The London Printing and Publishing Company
Date: c.1851
Description: Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Very decorative mid-Victorian plan with vignettes drawn and engraved by H. Winkles, including York Minster, Walmgate Bar, Archbishop's Palace, The Castle, Museum, Railway Station, Micklegate Bar, Ruins of Mary's Abbey and The Guildhall and Ouse Bridge.
Condition: Later hand colouring, folding copy as published. Some age discolouration to edges and marginal marks. Original binding holes to centrefold as published. Crease to bottom right corner, image unaffected.
Image size: 265 x 360mm
10.5 x 14.25" approx.
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Order No. 3635
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.
19th century town plan of York by John Rapkin, published by Tallis.
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