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C1872
Map Of The Southern Coast Of Arabia Showing The Routes of Captain S.B. Miles & Werner Munzinger.
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904)
$A 85
S/N: MI-1872-STAN–190880
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Full Title:
Map Of The Southern Coast Of Arabia Showing The Routes of Captain S.B. Miles & Werner Munzinger.
Date:
C1872
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904)
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
260mm
x 170mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1872
Description:
Biography:
Edward Stanford (1827-1904)
Apprenticed as a printer and stationer. He founded his business in partnership with Saunders in 1852 as “Saunders & Stanford” but was dissolved in 1853. He founded “Stanford’s Geographical Establishment” 1857, employing Saunders and Alexander Keith Johnston to prepare maps. By 1864 he was employing twenty-eight men and thirteen boys. He acquire the John Arrowsmith stock at auction in 1874 and by 1881 his staff had grown to sixty-five men, nineteen boys and three women, with his son Edward Stanford II (1856-1917) acting as his assistant. He retired in 1882 and his son took over. The firm still exists.
