1861 Large Antique A.K.Johnston Map - SOUTHERN SCOTLAND - Hand Colored Outline

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1861 Large Antique A.K.Johnston Map - SOUTHERN SCOTLAND - Hand Colored Outline:
$12.50

A superb double-page map entitled \"Scotland (Southern Sheet) \" published in Alexander K. Johnston\'s \"Royal Atlas\" in 1861.
This is the first edition of the atlas published by William Blackwood, different from later editions as the maps are printed in blue and finished with hand coloring to the borders - see details below in which this publication is described by David Rumsey as \"one of the best world atlases published in England in the second half of the 19th. century\"
Good condition with only mild age toning to the edges - see can. Original hand coloring to the boundaries.
Overall size approx. 24 x 15 inches with vertical fold as issued. See the companion map of Northern Scotland in Seller\'s Other Items which can be combined for mailing
This is guaranteed to be an original antique map of the period described (see frontispiece, not included). See more modestly-priced maps from this atlas in Seller\'s Other Items which can be combined for mailing.
These attractive maps are often reproduced at prices in excess of $100 ! - see internet.
Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other uses, seeAlexander Johnston (disambiguation).Grave of Alexander Keith Johnston, Grange Cemetery

Alexander Keith JohnstonLLD (28 December 1804 – 9 July 1871) was aScottishgeographer.

Contents[hide]

1Biography
2Works
3Family
4References
5External links

Biography[edit]

He was born at Kirkhill nearPenicuik, south ofEdinburgh. He was the son of Andrew Johnston and Isabel Keith. His brother was Thomas Brumby Johnston.[1]

After an education at theHigh Schooland theUniversity of Edinburghhe was apprenticed to the Edinburgh engraver and mapmaker, James Kirkwood. In 1826, he joined his brother William (who would become Sir William Johnston,Lord Provost of Edinburgh) in a printing and engraving business, forming the well-knowncartographicalfirm of W. and A. K. Johnston.[2]The rest of Johnston\'s life was devoted to geography, his later years to its educational aspects especially. His services were recognised by the leading scientific societies of Europe andAmerica.

He married Margaret Gray in 1837.

In October 1849, he was elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Edinburgh. In 1862 he was a founding member of the Meteorological Society of Scotland.

He died atBen Rhydding,Yorkshire, in 1871.[2]He is buried in the north-west section ofGrange CemeteryinEdinburgh.

Works[edit]

His interest in geography had developed early, and his first important work was theNational Atlas of General Geography, which gained for him in 1843 the appointment ofGeographer Royal for Scotland. Johnston was the first to bring the study ofphysical geographyinto competent notice in England. His attention had been called to the subject byAlexander von Humboldt; and after years of labour he published his magnificentPhysical Atlasin 1848, followed by a second and enlarged edition in 1856. This, by means of maps with descriptiveletterpress, illustrates andethnologyof the globe.

Johnston published aDictionary of Geographyin 1850, with many later editions;The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, begun in 1855; an atlas ofmilitary geographyto accompanyAlison\'sHistory of Europein 1848 seq.; and a variety of otheratlasesandmapsfor educational or scientific purposes.[2]A book on astronomy named \"School Atlas of Astronomy\" (published 1856) was written by him.

Family[edit]

His sonAlexander Keith Johnston(1844-1879) was also the author of various geographical works and papers; in 1873-1875 he was geographer to a commission for the survey ofParaguay; and he died in Behobeho in South Africa while leading theRoyal Geographical Society\'s expedition toLake Nyasa.[2]He is remembered on his father\'s gravestone.

David Rumsey Maps of Clare

The royal atlas of modern geographyby Alexander Keith Johnston (Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1861)

Information on this publication from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection website.

Short Title:Ireland.
Publisher:Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons
Type:Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:59
Obj Width map. County boundaries hand col.; hydrography, shipping lanes printed in blue. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. \"Keith Johnston\'s general atlas 9.\"
Country:Ireland
Full Title:Ireland by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1861)
List No:0373.011
Page No:9
Series No:16
Engraver or Printer:W. & A.K. Johnston Limited
Publication Author:Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Pub Date:1861
Pub Title:The royal atlas of modern geography, exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world by Alexander Keith Johnston ... With a special index to each map. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXI.
Pub Reference: Phillips, 835. National Maritime Museum. Catalogue, 507.
Pub Note:First edition. This atlas was one of the best world atlases published in England in the second half of the 19th century. The North America map shows Colorado as a Territory - very up to date on U.S. political changes (most U.S. atlases do not show Colorado until 1862) for an English Atlas. Also shows Nevada, and a horizontal Arizona. However, the western U.S. map shows none of this -- its layout is pre-1860. Maps have a mixture of hand colored outline and printed blue color for water. Covers are half leather brown cloth covered boards with \"Keith Johnston\'s royal atlas of modern geography\" stamped in gilt on the cover, and \"The Royal Atlas. Keith Johnston. W. Blackwood & Sons\" on the spine.
Pub List No:0373.000
Pub Type:World Atlas
Pub Maps:48
Pub Height cm: 51
Pub Width cm:35
Image No:0373011
Institution:Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:Copyright 2005