Independent Tartary Turkestan Bukhara Khiva Kokan 1860 Weller large color map Moldavia The Diamond Atlas

The Diamond Atlas

Nicely printed in France by offset presses which have created a look unique to the era

12 3/8" W x 10 3/8" H

Set along the shelf measures: 1 3/4"

Bird's Eye View)

Independent Tartary Turkestan Bukhara Khiva Kokan 1860 Weller large color map Moldavia The Diamond AtlasTurkestan or Independent Tartary. (Asia, Central Asia, Turkestan, Independent Tartary, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Bukhara, Samarkand, Kesh). Issued 1860, Glasgow by Blackie & Son. Engraved by Edw. Weller. Fine large mid 19th century engraved map with original outline hand color. From an uncommon atlas of the era, a monumental folio production that was fairly expensive in its day. Well preserved, clean, tiny short splits at ends of center fold, some light