Bowles's One-Sheet Map of Asia Puzzle, c. 1801

click the photo to enlarge

Bowles's new One-Sheet map of Asia, divided into its Empires, Kingdoms, States, &c., [Bowles and carver, St. Paul's church Yard], circa 1801, Dissected map, 54 pieces with three blank replacement pieces (the lost pieces in the regions of Java, Sumatra and Hokkaido), hand-coloured lithograph paper laid down on wood, the completed map measuring 48.5 x 58 cm., in the original timber box with sliding lid, original printed label. A wonderful children's puzzle created from a very early scarce nineteenth-century map of Asia and the Pacific that includes details of the northernmost portion of Australia as well as an additional inset map of the entire Australian continent.

You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.

Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item

When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

This item has been sold, and the description, image and price are for reference purposes only.

Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.

This item has been included into following indexes:

maps - general 445

Visually similar items

Derek Smith (1931-), sculpture, rectangular form with light sgraffito panel on cyclindrical base, stamped to reverse (chip)

Sold by in for

You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

A Victorian music box photograph album, containing some early postcards and photographs (working order). Dimensions 27 cm x 1 cm

Sold by in for

You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Arago, Francois. Narrative of a voyage round the world in the Uranie and Physicienne corvettes commanded by Captain Freycinet, in the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. London, 1823. Quarto, with folding map and 25 lithographed plates after drawings by the

Sold by in for

You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Corum an 18ct two-tone gold and diamond-set bracelet mvt 936031 case 313310/27A797H66, quartz movement, gilt dial, baton hands, diamond-set indexes, square case, snap on case back, textured bezel, case, dial and movement signed, with 18ct two-tone gold Cor

Sold by in for

You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.