Lot 288

[SOUTH AFRICA]. WYLD, James (1812-1887). Wyld’s Eastern South Africa from the River Limpopo to Algoa Bay Embracing the Transvaal Bechuana Land and Stella Land. Orange Free State Natal Zulu & Griquia-Land West Shewing the British Settlements & Native Locations. London, 1889.

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Estimate: $500 - $700

Estimate$500 – $700

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Closed

[SOUTH AFRICA]. WYLD, James (1812-1887). Wyld’s Eastern South Africa from the River Limpopo to Algoa Bay Embracing the Transvaal Bechuana Land and Stella Land. Orange Free State Natal Zulu & Griquia-Land West Shewing the British Settlements & Native Locations. London, 1889.

Lithographed map with hand coloring, dissected into 30 sections, mounted on original linen backing, folding. With printed advertisement, "Wyld's New Maps," mounted to linen of one section. Overall 563 x 875 mm. (Some very minor browning.) Inserted into original brown publisher’s cloth case with printed labels (some soiling and light wear). Wyld was a prolific publisher of maps; according to Punch, if a new country were discovered in the center of the Earth, Wyld would produce a map of it "as soon as it is discovered, if not before."

[With:] JOHNSTON, W. & A. K. W. & A. K. Johnston's War Map of the Transvaal, Orange Free State, &c. London, [ca 1900]. Chromolithographed folding map, with original linen backing, folding into original cloth covers. Overall 712 x 875 mm. With inset of flags "for marking the movements of the troops," and with 15pp. text tipped to front pastedown.

Property from the Collection of Dorothy and Richard Fitch

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[SOUTH AFRICA]. WYLD, James (1812-1887). Wyld’s Eastern South Africa from the River Limpopo to Algoa Bay Embracing the Transvaal Bechuana Land and Stella Land. Orange Free State Natal Zulu & Griquia-Land West Shewing the British Settlements & Native Locations. London, 1889.

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