United States, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.

"United States" 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. The decorative vignettes include Washington's Monument, Buffalo Hunt, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Franklin and Washington portraits. Good condition. Size 33.5 x 25 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2009