Plan of the Special Survey called Wellington, on the River Murray, South Australia. Pub'd by I. Arrowsmith, for The Secondary Towns Association
London, John Arrowsmith, Published 18 May 1842.
A hand-coloured engraved map (printed surface 402 × 551 mm, external dimensions 446 × 591 mm), cut into eight uniform panels mounted on linen (as issued), folding down to approximately 225 × 150 mm.
When folded, the two outside surfaces of linen are lined with plain purple textured cloth; a long sealed tear runs though the two top right-hand panels containing the printed title, and a centimetre into the next-left panel, but the only printed surface affected is the thin right-hand border: in spite of its length, it is inoffensive and unobtrusive, and may well be a production fault; in very good condition, complete with the publisher's original slipcase in matching cloth, lettered 'Wellington' in gilt on one thin side (worn at the corners of the closed end, and a little marked).
John Arrowsmith (1790-1873) 'was an important English cartographer, especially for Australians. A member of a family of geographers, his production focused on mapping British colonies around the world at a scale that surpassed that of any other contemporary map maker. Additionally, he had access to the very latest despatches received at the Colonial Office and the British Admiralty, which formed the source for many of his productions. His work covers the period 1832 to 1862'. His lasting contribution is his 'London Atlas of Universal Geography' which went through at least eight editions between 1834 and 1858 (Dorothy Prescott: 'Arrowsmith's Australian Maps', online resource). We have previously sold uncut examples of this map on paper, sourced from copies of the atlas. This cased example, produced from the same plate used for the atlases, shows the original allotments along the River Murray at Wellington and the upper entrance to Lake Alexandrina. This copy has three of these allotments additionally hand-coloured, with initials added in black ink. They are blocks 8 (blue, FB), 51 (blue, JB), and 90 (red, FB). The two inset maps show the south-eastern portion of Australia, and a 'Sketch of the Country between the Gulf of St. Vincent and the Great Bend of the River Murray, shewing the Position of the Two Special Surveys of the Secondary Towns Association on the River Light'. Tooley 115 [b] (uncut version).
Item #144203
Price (AUD):
$1,800.00