Cumberland, Camden, Cook, Bathurst.. Large Australian county map c1886.

by Sands, John

Large antique map of Australian Counties c1886 by John Sands. Cumberland, Bathurst, Westmoreland, Cook, Georgina, Camden.. to the coast of New South Wales.

Interesting original map printed in colour by half-tone relief photomechanical three-tone printing (pioneered in1880s, now called letterpress) for the most important Australian atlas published in the 19th century, the first atlas to provide up-to-date details ofthe counties and districts of Australia, The New Atlas of Australia published in Sydney in 1886 by John Sands. Sands (1818-1873), founded the Australian printing and publishing firm John Sands Pty Ltd, Sydney. John Sands was apprenticed as an engraver and map-colourist to his father, well-known London engraver Robert Sands (The Sands family were engravers since 1741).

This is a large map with a centre fold. Total map (double-page) size is 50 x 60cm. The upper and lower extremities of this map are water-damaged, but the damage would mostly be hidden when framed. The map has wide borders, but unfortunately our scanner is not large enough to show these. If you would like further images of edges, please email sales@antiqueprintclub.com. Let us know your region of interest as we have other similar maps from this series.