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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1854	Black, A.C.	Edinburgh	Map of the Principal Countries of the Ancient World extending from the Alps to the Southern Frontier of Egypt and from Carthage to Persepolis	$50	Picture

A lithographed map with hand colored wash.

Size: 16 inches X 22 inches

Map Type: Atlas

This is a superior copy, with vivid colors.

Inset maps of the Roman Empire and the Persian Empire. This map illustrates an area extending from Italy and Carthage to Aethiopia and north beyond the Balkans. Originally published in Black's General Atlas.

References: A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, 779, Phillips, P.L, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1909; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 1 Page 142, Black Family, Scott, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999