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An early 19th-century hand-colored engraved historical chart titled "An Historical Chart Representing in a Chronological Series the Rise, Revolutions & Fall of the Principal Empires of the World," published by A. Finley, Philadelphia, 1827, and engraved by J. Vallance. This educational print presents a chronological timeline tracing the rise and decline of the world's major civilizations alongside a hand-colored map of the ancient Roman Empire and extensive historical text. Printed on period paper with engraved publication and engraver's signatures visible in the lower margin. Professionally framed under glass.
A collectible example of early American educational cartography and a distinct American adaptation of Joseph Priestley's revolutionary 1769 infographic design, "A New Chart of History."