Asian Continent Arabia to China Japan India Persia 1875 Weller large folio map May2019 Twenty four steel engraved prints

Twenty four steel engraved prints (including vignette half-title) with original hand color

signatures loose & separating

On either side is original letter-press descriptive text relating to the geographical area depicted

impossible to recreate and very different from any modern book

Zuyder Sea

Asian Continent Arabia to China Japan India Persia 1875 Weller large folio map May2019 Twenty four steel engraved printsAsia. (Asia, Ottoman Empire, Arabia, Persia, Pakistan, Baluchistan, India, Russia, China, Southeast Asia, Japan). Issued 1875, Chicago. Geography by Edwin. Weller. Fine and uncommon 19th century engraved & lithographed map with original hand color. Attractive large detailed map, delicately lithographed. A profusion of interior details abound. Map remains well preserved, minor small age spots in a handful of places. Overall a clean and nice looking