Geographical Fan, Double Hemisphere World Map European paintings botanical 15 exceptionally fine engraved double

15 exceptionally fine engraved double page and 5 single page sheet maps by William Henry Toms

it is likely that the artist worked from a balloon

Limon Arivo Sevrio (Plate 215)

Shirley 45

Burden 237

Geographical Fan, Double Hemisphere World Map European paintings botanical 15 exceptionally fine engraved doubleGeographical Fan, Double Hemisphere World Map Japan: ca 1870s 2 wood engraved leaves (5 4 8 inches in depth), printed in black with original hand colour, over 29 bamboo rods (10 inches in length), held together by a brass spindle (some insect damage and loss to extremity of paper leaves). A fine Japanese geographical fan showing a double hemisphere map of the world, with the flags of the nations on each side, the verso decorated with views of Paris,