Spine paper and edge staining
various splits along fold lines from use
Evidently it appeared within a French work during the American Civil War
5" tear at middle right edge
overall binding remains clean
Asia Qing China Mughal India Japan Arabia Ottoman Empire 1774 miniature map Vintage Advertising Spine paper and edge stainingL'Asie. (Old Maps, 18th Century Maps, Engraved Maps, Asia, Ottoman Empire, Arabia, Iran, Persia, Russia, Qing China, Mughal India, Japan). Issued 1774, Paris by the French Academy of Royal Sciences. Small mid 18th century engraved map with attractive hand color. The apocryphal "Company's Land" is named off the coast of Yedo, title in a hanging banner top left corner. Note the distorted projection effect emanating from the north pole. Remains a nice