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GILBERT, JAMES. Gilbert's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection. Large hand-colored engraved case map. 33 3/4x50 1/2 inches dissected into 36 segments and mounted on original linen with marbled paper self-wrappers; housed in original full calf wallet-style case, cracks starting at closing flap; map with only minor foxing, else exceptionally nice with bright original colors. London: James Gilbert; and Liverpool: George Philip, 1841
A beautiful map and case presentation, one which the maker in his own advertisement called "a general favorite with the public, and an indispensable requisite to all who wish to be thoroughly acquainted with geography." Hear, hear.
