Qing Empire Edo Japan Tokugawa Shogunate Korea 1865 Johnston large folio map Maine Paper shows typical gentle signs

Paper shows typical gentle signs of age

smaller vignette scene around the distance scale at bottom right

Printed on a bond paper which is rather sturdy

Lithographed by Donaldson Brothers

Een Van Nieuwe Hebride

Qing Empire Edo Japan Tokugawa Shogunate Korea 1865 Johnston large folio map Maine Paper shows typical gentle signsChina & Japan. (Asia, Qing Empire, China, Japan, Edo Period, Tokugawa Shogunate, Korea). Issued 1865, Edinburgh & London by Wm. Blackwood for K. Johnston. Fine oversize mid 19th century engraved map with original outline hand color. A nice large map of the era. From an uncommon atlas, a monumental folio production which was quite expensive in its day and hence had a relatively small circulation compared to smaller format atlases. Well preserved,