SET OF FIVE HIGHLY DECORATED MAPS OF INDIA BY TALLIS
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a)
Map maker: Tallis, J. & F.
Date: 1851
Short Title: British India
Publisher: The London Printing and Publishing Company
Publisher Location: London, Edinburgh and Dublin
Paper size-Height: 35 cm
Paper size-Width: 26 cm
Note: Map in colour showing presidencies, military and civil stations and proposed railways. Drawings show an Indian procession, Lahore, Beloochees and the Cootub Minar in Delhi. Surrounded by a flowered border.
.br.Full Title: British India. The Illustrations by A.H. Wray & Engraved by G. Greatbach.
The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin.
Engraver or Printer: Greatbach, G.
Engraver or Printer: Rapkin, John
Engraver or Printer: Wray, A.H.
Publication Author: Martin, R.M.
Pub Date: 1851
b)
Map maker: Tallis, J. & F.
Date: 1851
Short Title: Southern India Including the Presidencies of Bombay & Madras.
Publisher: J. & F. Tallis
Publisher Location: London, Edinburgh and Dublin
Paper size-Height: 35 cm
Paper size-Width: 26 cm
Note: The southern part of India in outline color surrounded by drawings of local sites and cities. The Seal of the East India Company is shown. The map is enclosed in a architecturally influenced border.
Full Title: Southern India Including the Presidencies of Bombay & Madras. The Illustrations by A.H. Wray & Engraved by J.H. Kernot. The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin.
Engraver or Printer: Kernot, J.H.
Engraver or Printer: Rapkin, John
Engraver or Printer: Wray, A.H.
Publication Author: Martin, R.M.
Pub Date: 1851
c)
Map maker: Tallis, J. & F.
Date: 1851
Short Title: Overland Route to India
Publisher: J. & F. Tallis
Publisher Location: London, Edinburgh and Dublin
Paper size-Height: 35 cm
Paper size-Width: 26 cm
Note: Two maps show the colour?? coded routes from Europe to India overland and by sea. The top map showing Europe and the bottom, Arabia and India. Illustrations show the Post Office in London, a camel convoy, Aden, Bombay and Madras. An ornate outline border surrounds the two maps.
Full Title: Overland Route To India. The Illustrations by H.Warren & Engraved by J. Kernot. The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin.
Engraver or Printer: Kernot, J.
Engraver or Printer: Rapkin, John
Engraver or Printer: Warren, H.
Publication Author: Martin, R.M.
Pub Date: 1851
d)
Map maker: Tallis, J. & F.
Date: 1851
Short Title: Northern India Including the Presidency of Calcutta
Publisher: J. & F. Tallis
Publisher Location: London, Edinburgh and Dublin
Paper size-Height: 26 cm
Paper size-Width: 35 cm
Note: Northern India shown in outline color by possession (British, under British protection or Independent). Illustrations show a tiger hunt, ruins in Old Delhi and the British Presidency in Hyderabad. A leafy border surrounds the map.
Full Title: Northern India Including The Presidency of Calcutta. The Illustrations by A.H. Wray & Engraved by J.H. Kernot. The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin.
Engraver or Printer: Kernot, J.H.
Engraver or Printer: Rapkin, John
Engraver or Printer: Wray, A.H.
Publication Author: Martin, R.M.
Pub Date: 1851
Striking full color example of this marvelous map of the northern part of India.
The map includes vignettes of The British Residency, Hyderabad, Ruins, Old Delhi, also the coat of Arms Auspicio/Anolie.
e)
Map maker: Tallis, J. & F.
Date: 1851
Short Title: Islands In The Indian Ocean
Publisher: J. & F. Tallis
Publisher Location: London, Edinburgh and Dublin .br.Paper size-Height: 26 cm
Paper size-Width: 35 cm
Full Title: Islands In The Indian Ocean. (with) inset map of Mauritius. The Illustrations Drawn & Engraved by H. Winkles. The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin.
Engraver or Printer: Winkles, H. ; Rapkin, J.
Islands and countries in outline color. Drawings of the different ports included. Decorative border.
Engraved for R. Montgomery Martin's Illustrated Atlas.
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