Decorative mid-19th century engraved map with original hand color
joints worn with slight splitting at ends (boards remain strongly attached)
Like most large folding maps
Difficult to recall when I last saw a wooden contraption which looks like this- lashing long timbers up together with rope
uniform age toning to sheet as typical
Ottoman Empire Greece Balkans Albania Romania 1851 Philip Gellatly large map Bay on Bengal Decorative mid-19th century engraved mapTurkey 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