World map c. 1862 by Swanston & Fullarton fine folio sheet antique old color map Alsace by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co

by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co

United States

It's difficult to image there are very many other earlier images of seashells which a collector might reasonably hope to encounter

** The type of wood-pulp paper used by the periodical in this era is now somewhat delicate and needs to be handled a bit carefully **

World map c. 1862 by Swanston & Fullarton fine folio sheet antique old color map Alsace by Thomas Cowperthwait & CoThe World (Tibet, China, Korea, Hawaii, New Zealand, Ottoman Empire) Issued Edinburgh, London & Dublin, ca. 1862 by Swanston & A. Fullarton & Co. Fine and uncommon old engraved & lithographed map with original hand color. Insets of the North Pole as well as a smaller 2 sphere projection on the plane of the horizon. A picture is worth a thousand words. The photos are a major part of the item description. Please examine them closely, as what you see is