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• Author/Creator:Rapkin, J., cartographer, engraver.
  
• Title:The illustrated atlas and modern history of the world : geographical, political, commercial & statistical / edited by R. Montgomery Martin ... ; the maps drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin.
  
• Edition:Tallis's copyright edition.
  
• Publication:London ; New York : John Tallis & Company, [1851?]
  
• Physical Description:1 atlas (iv, [168] pages, [85] leaves of plates) : 82 maps, illustrations ; 39 cm
  

• Yale Holdings

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: Folio A 2019 38
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    

   
• Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy, in 42 parts (nos. 2 and 3 issued together), appears to have been assembled from multiple editions, with varying edition statements on front wrappers. Parts 2/3, 9, 13, 15, 34, and 41-42 are from the "Subscriber's Copy." Parts 4, 8, 10, and 12 are from "Tallis's Imperial Copyright Edition." The remaining numbers are from "Talis's Copyright Edition." Issues from "Tallis's Copyright Edition" and the "Subscriber's Copy" bear the imprint of "John Tallis and Co." while the Imperial issues bear the imprint of "John and Frederick Tallis."
  
• Notes:Title from engraved title page (by H. Warren and J. Rogers).
  Relief shown by hachures.
  
• Format:Map
• Subjects:Atlases--Great Britain.
  
• Genre/Form:World atlases.
  Maps.
  Engravings--1851.
  
• Also listed under:Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868, editor.
  Rogers, J. (Engraver)
  Warren, H.
  John Tallis & Company.
  J. & F. Tallis (Firm)