Beschreibung:

Asia.- Ogilby (John) Asia, The First Part, Being an Accurate Description of Persia...the Vast Empire of the Great Mogol, and other Parts of India..., [all published], first edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, 28 engraved plates (12 double-page) and 4 double-page maps (without the large folding map of Asia, not called for in list of plates and not found in all copies), woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, engraved illustrations in text, lacking blank B1 (as usual) but with directions to binder leaf at end, title lightly soiled and stained, plates foxed, text a little browned, some stains (particularly to CC & DD signatures), tear to Z1 repaired,18th century engraved bookplate of William Horton Esq. of Chaderton, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, corners and spine ends a little worn, splits to joints, [Wing O166], folio, printed by the Author, 1673.