joints worn with slight splitting at ends (boards remain strongly attached)
While de Leth/ Baalde clearly have re-sued the Chiquet plate for this map
uniform age toning to sheet as typical
See Silver Springs Nature's Underwater Fairyland
Difficult to recall when I last saw a wooden contraption which looks like this- lashing long timbers up together with rope
Ottoman Empire Greece Balkans Albania Romania 1851 Philip Gellatly large map Bay on Bengal joints worn with slight splittingTurkey in Europe & Greece. (Europe, Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Wallachia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia) Issued London, 1851 by George Philip & Son. Engraved & Printed by J. Gellatly, Edin. Lovely oversized antique folio sheet map. Engraved with superior original hand color. Decorative piano key border surrounding printed area. Interior terrain shown by hatchure lines. Clean, sound & attractive example of an elephant folio