leeds – Old Maps Library https://www.oldmapslibrary.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:42:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.oldmapslibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-compass-1-32x32.png leeds – Old Maps Library https://www.oldmapslibrary.com 32 32 LEEDS 1851 https://www.oldmapslibrary.com/product/leeds-1851/ https://www.oldmapslibrary.com/product/leeds-1851/#comments Sat, 15 Jul 2023 23:24:51 +0000 https://www.oldmapslibrary.com/?post_type=product&p=243 Old Map reprint of Leeds.
* Linen Backed by Hand.
* Folding Map. Fitted into a marbled slipcase.
]]> ✶✶✶ Unique Old Map Reproduction ✶✶✶

A fine detailed map of Leeds. This map was drawn & engraved by John Rapkin for The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World published by John Tallis. Includes decorative vignettes of the Cemetery Woodhouse, Town Hall, St. Peter’s Church, Mill Hill Chapel, Kirkstall Abbey, Wellington Bridge, New Gaol, and boats on the river.

CARTOGRAPHER: JOHN TALLIS
YEAR: 1851
John Tallis is one of the most renowned English cartographers and publishers of the 19th century, despite producing only one atlas.
The Illustrated Atlas of the World was published for the 1851 Great Exhibition, and his maps are considered to be the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, works of art as much of geography.
These maps, drawn and engraved by John Rapkin, were first brought together within the British Colonies (1849), which included many of the maps subsequently included in the Illustrated Atlas.
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