1800, Walker’s Geography / Atlas, Complete 3rd Edition, All 24 Maps & 6 Plates

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Seller: daviddchb ✉️ (2,661) 100%, Location: Maidstone, Kent, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 351980510207 1800, Walker’s Geography / Atlas, Complete 3rd Edition, All 24 Maps & 6 Plates .

Elements of Geography and of Natural and Civil History, 1800, by John Walker.

Measures approx 14x21.5x5.5cm. The original covers are worn with some of the surface leather rubbed away and some pock holes along the spine.

620 pages of dense text; they're all present and correct - I've leafed through and checked! The text pages are remarkably clean and bright. The odd mark and brown spot but few and far between. Some margin loss p119. In Part 4 the pages become noticeably more browned from off-setting of the printer's ink, but remain clear and legible. pp343 to 346 are detached. pp359-364 have become detached in the past and re-attached with a metal tack, and the outside edges have been bumped and creased. The pages become bright again, then with America the browness from off-setting recurs. 

All 30 plates are present, including the 24 excellent maps. All plates fold out, typically with 3 vertical folds but sometimes a horizontal fold making a flap along the top.

Maps – 24 in total. Good condition, very little spotting and creases tend to be sharp without the normal secondary creasing. Many of them look very fresh. No splits or tears; some light creasing along the bound ends. There is off-set browning on most of the maps - light brown and fairly even - some more affected as pointed out below...

World (Plate 1) – frontispiece map, so more wear, detached, some spotting, mainly along left side and top. Good, dark impression

General Chart on Mercator’s Projection , light browning from text offsetting from facing page, not as sharp an image but still quite good.

Europe , off-set browning

England and Wales , off-set browning, a small amount of spotting and a tiny ink mark

Scotland , gorgeous map, some off-set browning but unobtrusive 

Ireland – a lovely dark impression with some dappled light spotting in right border

Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland , lovely dark impression, small amount of light spotting

Northern Part of Russia in Europe , gorgeous dark impression

Southern Part of Russia in Europe , good clean map

Poland , lovely dark impression

Germany , good clean map

Switzerland , good clean map

The Seven United Provinces , lovely bright map

Netherlands , some off-setting of geography but very attractive

France , good clean map

Spain and Portugal , lovely dark impression

Italy , gorgeous map

Turkey in Europe and Hungary , lovely map

Asia, almost loose, dark and clear impression, some spotting around title

Hindoostan or India , gorgeous map

Africa , gorgeous map, some light off-set browning but clear and bright

West Indies , horizontal fold

North America , quite a lot of light browning from off-setting, makes the image less sharp but still pretty good.

South America , light browning from off-setting

Chart

The Historical Chart representing in Chronological Series the Rise, Revolution and Fall of the Principal Empires of the World. Superb chart with original hand colouring. Measures approx. 50x22cm with 5 vertical and one horizontal fold(s). Still tightly bound – very unusual!

Fold Out Illustrations

Plate 2, untitled

Plate 3, untitled, celestial chart, detached

Plate 4, Solar System

Plate 5, untitled, optics

Plate 6, untitled, top flap with minor damage at hinge

 

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  • Condition: Used Condition. Everything is original. Maps &n Plates in good condition. Please see the listing and description for more information...
  • Author: John Walker
  • Non-Fiction Subject: Atlas / Travel & Exploration
  • Language: English
  • Place of Publication: UK

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