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Information	This beautiful, large map is from the last highly decorative hand colored atlas published in England, "The Royal Illustrated Atlas Of Modern Geography". The Royal Illustrated Atlas was published by A. Fullarton,& Co. of London and Edinburgh. It was published in 27 parts from 1854-62. All the maps in this atlas were beautifully lithographed and colored with a mixture of printed color and original hand finished coloring. Swanston, Petermann, Bartholomew, Macnab and Johnson engraved the maps. The atlas had an introduction by Dr. N. Shaw, Secretary To The Royal Geographical Society. The atlas also had testimonials from highly respectable people including the Principals of many famous schools including Cheltenham and Marlborough. For example, W.Dobson, the Principal of Cheltenham College, describes his appreciation for the atlas as follows: "a publication of great elegance and beauty...it combines geographical maps with physical phenomena...and very beautifully executed plans of cities.
Condition	Good condition. The paper is light creamy white. Looks better in real life as our camera struggled to capture the detail on these large maps. The odd spot of foxing and a few handling marks in the margin of a few of the maps, shown in the above photo if present. Most of the double sized maps from this atlas have a slight split at the edge of paper on the fold line as is common with folding maps of this size and age.
Size	Single page maps are 18.5 x 12.25 inches (47 x 31cm) Double page maps are 18.5 x 22.5 inches (47 x 56cm). These have the original centre fold
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