701. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Turkey in Asia, showing Asia Minor and the Middle East: Damascus (Syria), Gaza, Acre (Haifa, Islare), Tripoli (Lebanon), Aleppo, Irak Arabi, Gezira, Karamania, Armenia, Koordistan with Vignettes and illustrations of Jerusalem, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

702. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Van Diemen’s Land or Tasmania with beautiful Vignettes and illustrations of Hobart Town, Residence of the Company’s Agent, Circular Head / Thylacinus Cynocephalus. The map shows the old districts of Tasmania: Dorset, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Pembroke, Cumberland, Buckingham, Kent, Devon, Westmorland etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39.5 cm x 46.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

703. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Victoria or Port Phillip with Vignettes and illustrations of Aborigines fighting, Kangaroo, a beautiful engraving of Port Phillip and its harbour. The map shows in beautiful, hand-coloured borders the old division of Victoria into Howe, Combermere, Bruce, Haddington, Douro, Mornington, Frant, Bourke, Dalhousie, Rodney, Murray, Anglesey, Polworth, Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, Heytesbury, Villier, Dundas, NormanbyFollet, Wimmera, Western Port.

Original steel engraving / Vintage australian map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear to the frame only.

704. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Western Africa – with Senegambia, Guinea (Ashantee / Dahomey, Benin) / Liberia etc. – with Vignettes and illustrations of Sierra Leone and Bakel, a Cape Coast Castle, Christiansborg (Danish Gold Coast / Osu Castle).

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of the Frame with map: 50 cm x 41 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

705. Turkey and Balkans – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Turkey and Europe – With inset of Island of Cadia and Vignettes of Ali Pasha, Greek Caloyer and the Bosphorus and Constantinople.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and engraved by J. Rogers. London and New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size : 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

706. United States – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Boston – With Beautiful Vignettes of Boston, the State House and Bunker Hill’s Monument.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by J. Watkins London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

707. Wales – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

England and Wales – With Vignettes of The Grand Stand on the Race Ground, Doncaster, London, Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Sunderland Bridge and Oxford.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by N. Whitlock and Engraved by J. Rogers. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27.2 cm x 37.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

708. Western Hemisphere – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Western Hemisphere – With Stunning Vignettes of Indigenous Peoples, Native Animals.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Enrgaved by J. Rogers. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 34 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27 cm. In very good condition with only faintest traces of browning to outer margins. Very slight paper imperfections along edge. Minor tear near upper left corner. Very minor tear to map above the Arctic Circle.

709. World – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

The World on Mercator’s Projection – With Vignettes of London, Gibraltar, Constantinople, The Pyramids of Ghizeh, Niagara, Pont Neuf Paris and Vesuvius.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J.B. Allen. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 34.7 cm x 26.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.2 cm. In fair condition with tears evident. Slight browning and paper imperfections to outer margins.

710. Caxton, Pisistratus Caxton / [Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer].

My Novel, Or Varieties In English Life.

Copyright Edition. In Four Volumes (bound in two). Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1851. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 16 cm high). 422, 380, 339, 501 pages. Hardcover / Original, decorativehalf-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor browning and brittle damage to three pagesof Volume 1. Otherwise excellent. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with a manuscript entry to the pastedown of all Volumes: “Ann Conner – from Aunt Henrietta & Aunt Patience – 1926”.