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The ornate title states that this is the second edition. Wyld was an apprentice to William Faden and became Geographer to His Majesty George IV and later William IV. He was a founder member of the Royal Geographic Society. He introduced lithography into mapmaking in 1812. This item however is a traditional copperplate map. His death in 1836 was said to be due to ‘overwork’. Tooley’s Dictionary.
WYLD, James
European Dominions of the Ottomans, or Turkey in Europe
London, 1828
550 x 720 mm., early wash colour. With slight reinforcement to the verso otherwise in very good condition
Stock number: 3713
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