Orbis Romani Pars Orientalis. Engraved by J. Yeager Philada. Published by F. Lucas Jr. Baltimore.
Full color of region encompassing Greece, Turkey, the Middle East and part of Northern Africa, the eastern extent of the Roman Empire. The first edition, first state (see our first edition, second state for comparison) of Lucas' best general atlas and the finest general atlas produced in the U....
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~9~3001710 2024-05-12T08:00:42+00:00 Orbis Romani Pars Orientalis. Engraved by J. Yeager Philada. Published by F. Lucas Jr. Baltimore. A General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps Of all the Known Countries in the World, Constructed from the Latest Authority. Written and Engraved by Jos. Perkins, Philadelphia. Baltimore: Published by Fielding Lucas, Jun. No. 138, Market Street. Baltimore. Entered . by F. Lucas Jr. of the State of Maryland June 3, 1823. Orbis Romani Pars Orientalis. Lucas, Fielding Jr. Yeager, J. Middle East 1823 Full Image Download in MrSID Format 29 23 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~9~3001710 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/D5005/4584005.jpg unknown Fielding Lucas Jr. Baltimore 4584.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~9~3001710 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/D5005/4584005.jpg 4584.005 Classical World Atlas Atlas Map 1823 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-04-12T17:24:36Z Full color of region encompassing Greece, Turkey, the Middle East and part of Northern Africa, the eastern extent of the Roman Empire. The first edition, first state (see our first edition, second state for comparison) of Lucas' best general atlas and the finest general atlas produced in the U.S. at that time (In asserting this we omit the Tanner and Finley American Atlases of 1823 and 1826 respectively because they were not general atlases - cartographically they may have been superior to the Lucas, but not as broad in coverage). The quality of the engraving (most of the U.S. maps were engraved by B.T. Welch, others by Young & Delker, J.V.N. Throop, Cone & Freeman, and Kneass) is superb, the detail is very fine, and the coloring is delicate and elegant. While the same Lucas drawn base maps were used in this atlas and the 1822 American Atlas by Carey and Lea (and thereby created strained relations between him and Carey and Lea), the maps in this Lucas Atlas are far superior in quality - Welch reengraved many of the maps for Lucas that Young & Delker had engraved for Carey and Lea. It is interesting to note that the Carey and Lea maps are usually earlier states of the Lucas maps. The Atlantic Islands and the West Indies Island Maps are mostly copied from Thomson's General Atlas of 1817 (see our copy) as is the Mountains and Rivers plate (reduced). Many maps are derived from the earlier Lucas Atlas of 1815-17 which copied the Oddy Atlas maps for the non U.S. state maps. Some copies have solid color. Maps of Mexico, Canada, and N. America (updated by Lucas in the arctic), are copied from Arrowsmith's General Atlas of 1823 (first ed. was 1817). The classical maps derive from Melish's Atlas of Ancient Geography of 1815. Half leather with marbled paper covered boards, thick outline color, title on spine - "Lucas's Cabinet Atlas." P742. Map Arctic David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Arctic Canada Finley ENVELOPE(-173.967,-173.967,-85.017,-85.017) |
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Full color of region encompassing Greece, Turkey, the Middle East and part of Northern Africa, the eastern extent of the Roman Empire. The first edition, first state (see our first edition, second state for comparison) of Lucas' best general atlas and the finest general atlas produced in the U.S. at that time (In asserting this we omit the Tanner and Finley American Atlases of 1823 and 1826 respectively because they were not general atlases - cartographically they may have been superior to the Lucas, but not as broad in coverage). The quality of the engraving (most of the U.S. maps were engraved by B.T. Welch, others by Young & Delker, J.V.N. Throop, Cone & Freeman, and Kneass) is superb, the detail is very fine, and the coloring is delicate and elegant. While the same Lucas drawn base maps were used in this atlas and the 1822 American Atlas by Carey and Lea (and thereby created strained relations between him and Carey and Lea), the maps in this Lucas Atlas are far superior in quality - Welch reengraved many of the maps for Lucas that Young & Delker had engraved for Carey and Lea. It is interesting to note that the Carey and Lea maps are usually earlier states of the Lucas maps. The Atlantic Islands and the West Indies Island Maps are mostly copied from Thomson's General Atlas of 1817 (see our copy) as is the Mountains and Rivers plate (reduced). Many maps are derived from the earlier Lucas Atlas of 1815-17 which copied the Oddy Atlas maps for the non U.S. state maps. Some copies have solid color. Maps of Mexico, Canada, and N. America (updated by Lucas in the arctic), are copied from Arrowsmith's General Atlas of 1823 (first ed. was 1817). The classical maps derive from Melish's Atlas of Ancient Geography of 1815. Half leather with marbled paper covered boards, thick outline color, title on spine - "Lucas's Cabinet Atlas." P742. |
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Orbis Romani Pars Orientalis. Engraved by J. Yeager Philada. Published by F. Lucas Jr. Baltimore. |
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