Australia – Victoria – Gold fields – Curiosity

Tallis Victoria or Port Phillip

London Printing and Publishing Company London, New York c1850

steel engraved map with original outline colouring; overall 27 x 35,5 cm; centrefold as issued; some wear and tear and foxing/ staining; slightly cropped top margin; o /w g cond.

A very attractive map of Victoria or Port Philip, showing the gold deposits.With decorative scroll border and small vignettes.

From ‘The Universal pronouncing Dictionary,…’ by Thomas Wright, published by The London Printing and Publishing Company, London and New York, c1848, with maps by J. and F. Tallis, engraved by J. Rapkin.

Full title: The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary, and General Expositor of the English Language : Being a Complete Literary, Classical Scientific, Biographical, Geographical, and Technological Standard; Embodying, in a Condensed and Common-Sense Form, the Signification of all the Terms used in the Langauge, the Derivation of Each Word and Familiar Explanations of the Manner in which it is Pronounced. Compiled by Competent Persons in the Different Branches of Literature and Science, under the direction of Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., &c. Embellished with Portraits of Celebrated Persons, Views of Places, and a Series of Beautifully Engraved Maps; forming a Complete Atlas of the World.