Maps

Scale 1 inch to 64 miles. Folding map showing the extents from Khiva down to the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea and Simla across to Baghdad. Full printed colour graded according to the altitude with a key to the right margin, dissected into 28 sections and mounted on linen. Folds between original purple cloth covers with Stanford's printed label to the upper board and their advertisements to the inner cover and the folded end section of the map.

This type of map might be referred to as a "Great Game" map with manuscript in pen and ink dividing part of the map as "Russian Sphere, Neutral Sphere and British Sphere".

Very good condition.