| Cartograph: | Giovanni Antonio Magini (*1555 - †1617) |
| Title: | Asia |
| Publisher/ Year: | Cologne, Matthias Quad, 1597 (1604) |
| Sheet Size: | 14.5 x 19.5 cm (5.7 x 7.7 inches) |
| Plate Size: | 13.3 x 17.0 cm (5.2 x 6.7 inches) |
| Beautiful original old hand coloured copper engraved map of Asia. With an unusual shape of Japan and a small part of the American continent east of Japan. From the 1604 Cologne edition of "Enchiridion cosmographicum" by Matthias Quad. |
| Minor soiling in margin, some age spotting, minor tear in upper margin backed. Overall fine. |
