China with insets 1855 Phillip monumental large engraved map hand color Hainaut Original paper wrappers

Original paper wrappers

(Exquisite STone Building

features such as a mountain range where "it is said are many emeralds"

but the plate was not used again after this 1599 printing and this this map has no further appearances or printings

China with insets 1855 Phillip monumental large engraved map hand color Hainaut Original paper wrappersChina. (Asia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Beijing, Great Wall of China). Issued Liverpool, c. 1855 by George Philip & Son. Printed by J. Gellatly, Edin. Scotland. Lovely, uncommon, oversized mid 19th century engraved map. Beautiful original hand color heightened in outline. Decorative piano key border. Near monumental in scale for the era and commercial map production. Map is uniformly age toned, a few small minor scattered light age spots or stains.