The World on Mercator's Projection, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.

"The World on Mercator's Projection" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. Steam Routes to the Colonies are coloured blue, and the decorative vignettes include London, Constantinople, Niagara, Pont Neuf Bridge, The Pyramids of Gizer (Giza), Gibraltar and Vesuvius erupting. Extremely slight soiling and age browning. Size 35 x 26.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2027