Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

43 c   (CONTINENTS.) Bankoku Chishiryaku Ansha Yakuzu Ni. Complete set of 6 color-printed engraved pocket maps: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania. Various sizes, folding into original yellow self-wrappers with printed paper labels; each map retaining its original printed outer envelope; two instances of a very short mend along a fold line, else all in excellent condition. Japan, Meiji 11 (1878) [1,500/2,500] A particularly fine set of Japanese pocket maps of the world. Uniquely desirable in such outstanding condition and each map together with its original individual outer paper packet.