LIST ON EBAY POLAND LITHUANIA GERMANY 1820 THOMSON ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP OF POLAND LITHUANIA GERMANY Condition: --not specified Ended: Oct 08, 2023 22:05:39 PDT Winning bid: US $17.11 POLAND LITHUANIA GERMANY 1820 THOMSON ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP Description Prussia. Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1820 John Thomson's original copper engraved map of Prussia. It covers Poland, Lithuania, Germany, a parts of Denmark and a parts of Sweden. The map notes cities, rivers, lakes, reliefs, islands, gulfsand towns. An inset view of Berlin to the lower right side. Date: 1820 ( undated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 33,2 x 25,7 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Map old original colored. Wide margins. Small foxing. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Cartographer: John Thomson (1777 - c. 1841) was a Scottish cartographer, publisher, and bookbinder active in Edinburgh during the early part of the 19th century. Thomson apprenticed under Edinburgh bookbinder Robert Alison. After his apprenticeship he briefly went into business with Abraham Thomson. Later the two parted ways, John Thomson segueing into maps and Abraham Thomson taking over the bookbinding portion of the business. Thomson is generally one of the leading publishers in the Edinburgh school of cartography which flourished from roughly 1800 to 1830. Thomson and his contemporaries (Pinkerton and Cary) redefined European cartography by abandoning typical 18th century decorative elements such as elaborate title cartouches and fantastic beasts in favor of detail and accuracy. Thomson's principle works include Thomson's New General Atlas, published from 1814 to 1821, the New Classical and Historical Atlas of 1829, and his 1830 Atlas of Scotland. The Atlas of Scotland, a work of groundbreaking detail and dedication would eventually bankrupt the Thomson firm in 1830, at which time their plates were sequestered by the court. The firm partially recovered in the subsequent year allowing Thomson to reclaim his printing plates in 1831, but filed again for bankruptcy in 1835, at which time most of his printing plates were sold to A. K. Johnston and Company. There is some suggestion that he continued to work as a bookbinder until 1841. Today, Thomson maps are becoming increasingly rare as they are highly admired for their impressive size, vivid hand coloration, and superb detail.