Walker's Universal Atlas, for the use of schools: containing [list of

WALKER (John).

Walker's Universal Atlas, for the use of schools: containing [list of 28 maps] ...

Octavo (216 x 135 mm); letterpress title-page, 28 engraved maps in original outline colour, the world map folding, the others double-page; some light foxing and offsetting, the France stained. Ownership inscription of a Miss Smith, dated Oct. 20th. 1829; second inscription of John Vigurs at the rear, the maps of France and the Austrian Dominions annotated on the verso, apparently in the second hand. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Boards and extremities rubbed. London: Charles Rivington (III), John Rivington jr. et al., 1828.

£350.00

Uncommon school atlas, prepared by John Walker, a doctor of medicine, who became a leading proponent of vaccination, latterly director of the Royal Jennerian Society, the London Vaccine Institution and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.

Walker also dabbled in maps, particularly game maps, and composed several geographical texts for use in schools. Walker’s Universal Atlas’ first appeared in about 1808, and was frequently reprinted thereafter. In 1823, the partners Charles and John Rivington commissioned a new suite of maps, drawn and engraved by Sidney Hall, which were also used in this edition of 1828.

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