Rare Books

Bankoku yakuzu Nishihankyū [cartographic material]

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: Meiji 12 [1879]
Call number: 653590
Creator: Asano, Meidō(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, July 2021.
Dimensions: 1 hemisphere 45 cm in diameter, on sheet 57 x 50 cm, folded in cover 20 x 13 cm
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