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C1859
Switzerland
Mapmaker:
Adam Black (1784 - 1874)
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S/N: BGAT-017–190011
Categories: Switzerland
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Full Title:
Switzerland
Date:
C1859
Mapmaker:
Adam Black (1784 - 1874)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Original engraving printed in colour.
Image Size:
390mm
x 270mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1859
Description:
Mapmaker:
Adam Black (1784-1874)
A bookseller, publisher and politician born Edinburgh son of Charles Black master builde and mason. Educated in Edinburgh and apprenticed to John Fairbairn bookseller 20 March 1799. In 1804-1807 he was employed by the London publishers “Lackington, Allen & Co.”, later operating independently in Edinburgh from 1807. A partnership with his brother Charles Black and Thomas Underwood, trading in London as “Underwood, trading in London as “Underwood & Blacks” and in Edinburgh as “Adam Black” was dissolved 6 March 1813. He took his nephew, Charles Black into his partnership in 1834 and began trading as A & C Black.
Black was elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1843-1848 and member of Parliament 1856-1865 and consequently retired from the business in 28 December 1870.
