Map, W & A.K. Johnston, Australia, c1876

Date: 1876

Artist: W and R Chambers

Printer: W and AK Johnston

Engraver: William and Alexander Keith Johnston

Paper size: 

Condition: Very Good

Technique: Lithograph printed in colour

Publisher: Gotha: Justus Perthes 

Price: $200.00 

Description: 

Biography:

Johnston, W, and AK

The firm of W. & A.K. Johnston was one of the major map publishing houses of the 19th century. William Johnston (1802–1888) and his brother Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871) originally trained as engravers and founded the firm in 1826. Their offices were based in St Andrew Square in Edinburgh's New Town, with their print works based at the Edina Works, off Easter Road. Keith Johnston became Geographer-Royal for Scotland in 1843, whilst William later became Lord Provost of Edinburgh and was knighted.

Chambers William and Robert

The firm of W. & R. Chambers was founded in 1832 by two brothers, William (1800-1883)
and Robert (1802-1871). From humble beginnings as a small-time bookseller and hand-press
printer, over the decades the company acquired a global reputation for its educational books,
periodicals, dictionaries, and encyclopaedias.