Graham, Ralph
colour printed folding map; overall 36 x 48 cm. folds as issued, with additional folds; some marginal tears, 1 going into image; some tears in crossfolds, one with minor paperloss; some slight browning and staining; o/w g cond. A very charming map of Brookfield Zoo aka the Chicago Zoological Park, situated in the suburb of Brookfield, nr Chicago. The map shows the areas of the various animals, amenities like refreshments, restaurants, shops, power house, admin building, car parking . The zoo was one of the first to introduce ditches and moats instead of cages to separate animal enclosures. In 1919, Edith Rockefeller McCormick donated land which she had received as a wedding gift from her father to be developed as a zoological garden. During the Great Depression the development was slowed down but in 1931, work was continued and the zoo opened in 1934. The zoo remains one of the most visited attractions in Chicago.
Jan-Loup aka Jannot
colour printed map, separately published; folds as issued; some tiny holes in cross folds; o/e exc. cond. A most stunning promotional map of the World published for the French chocolate company Menier, centred on the Pacific and outlining a route across the globe, starting and finishing in Paris. Below the map is a table to stick on 120 coupons which could be found in selected bars of chocolate. Once completed and having solved three enigme along the route, one was supposed to sent off the completed table to Menier, resulting in most maps missing the lower part. This fine example has the table still intact. Jannot aka Jan-Loup was an artist and illustrator a French magazine from the 1950s to the early 1960s, and he also designed scarves for the fashion house Hérmes. The Menier Chocolate company was founded by Jean Antoine Brutus Menier in 1816. Though not trained as a pharmacist, he sold a variety of different powders for medicinal purposes and used chocolate as an ingredient to make the medicine more palatable. In 1836, Menier was the first company to introduce blocks of chocolate, covered in greenish-yellow wrapper which became iconic for the brand. And in 1893, the company started a poster advertising campaign, created by Firmin Bouisset, showing a little girl writing the name Chocolat Menier on a wall with a piece of chocolate. The company is still going strong though the Menier family withdrew from management in 1959.
colour printed lithographed folding map; overall 60 x 102 cm, folds down to 20 x 12,5 cm; 24 sections on cloth; map: some slight wear and tear; large stain on verso, not affecting front; 1 three cm split in one of the marginal folds; o/w vg cond. A very detailed map of Armenia, published by Edward Stanford, covering Armenia, Azerbaydzhan, southern Georgia, and northeastern Turkey. The Russian areas are based upon the Russian Official Survey (. . .); the Turkish area upon Mr. Lynchs Surveys and Notes, the map of the Turco-Persian Frontier and by Russian and English Officers in 1849-55, and much new material hitherto unpublished.
steel engraved map with original outline colouring; overall 27 x 35,5 cm; centrefold as issued; some light staining; o /w vg cond. A very attractive map of New South Wales, showing the gold deposits. With decorative scroll border and small vignettes. From The Universal pronouncing Dictionary, by Thomas Wright, published by The London Printing and Publishing Company, London and New York, c1848, with maps by J. and F. Tallis, engraved by J. Rapkin. Full title: The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary, and General Expositor of the English Language : Being a Complete Literary, Classical Scientific, Biographical, Geographical, and Technological Standard; Embodying, in a Condensed and Common-Sense Form, the Signification of all the Terms used in the Langauge, the Derivation of Each Word and Familiar Explanations of the Manner in which it is Pronounced. Compiled by Competent Persons in the Different Branches of Literature and Science, under the direction of Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., &c. Embellished with Portraits of Celebrated Persons, Views of Places, and a Series of Beautifully Engraved Maps; forming a Complete Atlas of the World.
steel engraved map with original outline colouring; overall 27 x 35,5 cm; centrefold as issued; some wear and tear and foxing/ staining; slightly cropped top margin; o /w g cond. A very attractive map of Victoria or Port Philip, showing the gold deposits.With decorative scroll border and small vignettes. From The Universal pronouncing Dictionary, by Thomas Wright, published by The London Printing and Publishing Company, London and New York, c1848, with maps by J. and F. Tallis, engraved by J. Rapkin. Full title: The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary, and General Expositor of the English Language : Being a Complete Literary, Classical Scientific, Biographical, Geographical, and Technological Standard; Embodying, in a Condensed and Common-Sense Form, the Signification of all the Terms used in the Langauge, the Derivation of Each Word and Familiar Explanations of the Manner in which it is Pronounced. Compiled by Competent Persons in the Different Branches of Literature and Science, under the direction of Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., &c. Embellished with Portraits of Celebrated Persons, Views of Places, and a Series of Beautifully Engraved Maps; forming a Complete Atlas of the World.