Original Map - "Italia. (Northern Part.)"

Sherman, George E.

Published by Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia, PA

About this Item

Original publisher's hand-colored map of northern Italia (Italy). Features beautiful watercolored outlines in blue, pink, green, and yellow around country or regional borders. This map pairs with the map, "Italia (Southern Part)" (bookstore ID is 020290). Major cities and natural features such as mountains, rivers, and seas are shown. Scales of distance in Roman and English miles included. No date, circa 1836-1851. Map with margins measures 13 1/4" x 10"; actual map area measures 11 1/2" x 8 3/8." Map is very clean and intact except for slight foxing and a black-brown ink stain in the upper-right corner (enters about one inch into map area). The center fold line is original as this map originally came from an atlas. Lines of latitude and longitude also included. The following is printed beneath the map: "Philadelphia, Blanchard & Lea." and "Eng. by G. E. Sherman, N.Y." "8." printed in upper-right corner outside of the neatline. Blanchard & Lea (fl. c. 1836-1851) was a Philadelphia-based publishing house and successor to Matthew Carey & Company. George E. Sherman was an American map engraver based in New York and co-founder of the publishing firm, Sherman & Smith or Stiles, Sherman & Smith (fl. c. 1829-1855).

Seller Inventory # 020289

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Original Map - "Italia. (Northern Part.)"
• Publisher: Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia, PA
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Collectible-Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Foreign Lands
  • Travels and Voyages