A beautiful map of Lake Geneva, orientated with south at the top of the page.

An early Victorian detailed plan of the city, engraved by B.R.Davies, with a vignette panorama and an inset map of the environs. From the 1844 edition published by Chas. Knight for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

With vignettes of William Tell, Bern, Chamois hunting and Tyrolese dress. John Tallis is without question one of the most renowned cartographers and publisher of the C19th. His maps are the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, considered to be works of art as well as geographically accurate. He was born in Stourbridge in Worcestershire in about 1818 and it is likely that he stayed in the Midlands working as a publisher in Birmingham, until he moved to London in the early 1840′s.

A finely engraved steel map of the country, surrounded by vignettes of William Tell shooting at the apple, Bern, Tyrolese people in a group, chamois hunting and a 'game' that seems to involve trying to throw a cap to the top of a 15' foot pole. John Tallis is without question one of the most renowned cartographers and publisher of the C19th. His maps are the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, considered to be works of art as well as geographically accurate. He was born in Stourbridge in Worcestershire in about 1818 and it is likely that he stayed in the Midlands working as a publisher in Birmingham, until he moved to London in the early 1840′s.