]]>Large folio (625 by 640mm), index chart as front pastedown, title, preface signed by George S. Bryan, Rear Admiral, 86 full and half-page chromolithographed maps and charts, divisional titles, tables, bibliography; original ring-bound pictorial blind-stamped black cloth binding, gilt title.
]]>28794One of the largest world maps ever printed
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Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:22:26 +0000https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/one-of-the-largest-world-maps-ever-printed/By VERBIEST, Ferdinand, 1860].
]]>Xylograph, printed on 6 sheets, the southern polar landmass embellished with animals, including a unicorn, a lion, a rhinoceros, a crocodile, a giraffe, a beaver and a turkey, the spandrels with eight large lozenges with text descriptions.