Name: Asia - Wagner
SKU: 2970
Availability: InStock

Description

Wagner, Johann Christoph: Asia: Asia
Koppmayer Augsburg 1685-86

copper engraved map; overall size 31 x 37 cm; plate size 28 x 36 cm. fold as issued; paper evenly toned; discolouration in c’fold from glue of paper guard; off-set; some staining; o/w vg cond.

A beautiful and rare map of Asia, from Egypt to Papua New Guinea, by Wagner from ‘Delineatio Provincarium Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici in Oriente…’. The map is set in a scroll, surrounded indigenous plants, animals and scenes. Japan is shown as an peninsula.