Cartographer : - Blackie, John & Sons 1782 - 1874

• Date: - 1874
• Size: - 9 1/2in x 6 1/2in (240mm x 150mm)
• Ref#: - 26230
• Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition

Description: This original antique two page lithograph print of an early multi drum printing press was published in the 1874 edition of The Popular Encyclopedia or Conversions Lexicon being a General Dictionary of Arts, science, Literature, Biography and history, London...Blackie & Son. (Ref: Tooley; M&B)

General Definitions: Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable Paper color : - off white Age of map color: - Colors used: - General color appearance: - Paper size: - 9 1/2in x 6 1/2in (240mm x 150mm) Plate size: - 9 1/2in x 6 1/2in (240mm x 150mm) Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm)

Imperfections: Margins: - None Plate area: - None Verso: - None

Background: Blackie, John & Sons 1782 - 1874 Blackie & Son was a publishing house in Glasgow, Scotland and London, England from 1809 to 1991. The firm was founded as a bookseller in 1809 by John Blackie as a partnership with two others and was known as Blackie, Fullarton and Company. It began printing in 1819 using the skill and equipment of Edward Khull. It moved to Glasgow around 1830 and had premises at 8 Clyde Street facing the River Clyde. Following the retirement of Fullarton the company was renamed Blackie and Son in 1831, remaining in the Clyde Street property, and becoming a public limited company in 1890. The business later had premises at 16/18 William IV Street, Charing Cross, London, 17 Stanhope Street in Glasgow and 5 South College Street in Edinburgh. The company also opened offices in Canada and India. It ceased publishing in 1991. Blackie and Son initially published books sold by subscription, including religious texts and reference books. Later the firm published single volumes, particularly educational texts and childrens books, taking advantage of compulsory education from 1870. The firm published the many Flower Fairy books of Cicely Mary Barker beginning in 1923. From the 1950s onwards it published The Kennett Library, a graded series of classics retold for schools including: Kidnapped, Little Women, Westward Ho!, The Black Arrow, Wuthering Heights and Ben-Hur. In 1902, Walter Blackie commissioned Hill House on a plot in Helensburgh to the West of Glasgow. At the invitation of their Art Director Talwin Morris, the architect was his friend Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The house is regarded as one of Mackintoshs finest works. What is an Antique Map

The word Antique in the traditional sense refers to an item that is more than a hundred years old. In the past maps were sold in two forms, as a single sheet (broadsheet) or bound in an atlas or book. The majority of antique maps for sale today come from books or atlases and have survived due to the protection offered by the hardback covers.

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• Style: Antique
• Age: 1850-1899
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Country/Region of Origin: United Kingdom

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