510 - Europe - Transportation

Europe - Transportation Langhans, Paul Transportation map of Europe, North Africa, and the Orient. Chromolithographic map in 16 segments mounted on canvas. Gotha, Justus Perthes, (1900). Dimensions approx. 109 x 134 cm. Folded, in a linen envelope inside a contemporary linen slipcase with a gold-stamped title on the spine (spine has a missing section, slightly frayed edges, and the standing edge is split). Flanked by the merchant flags of the most important nations participating in the European trade market. - Includes inset maps of British (Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, etc.) and Nordic transshipment points (Stockholm, Moscow, Riga, etc.), trade routes and transshipment points in southwestern Europe (Lisbon, Morocco, Madrid, Porto, etc.) and in the Orient (Smyrna, Constantinople, etc.). - Scattered light finger stains in the margins; slightly creased at the lower margin and at one corner; cloth has foxing; otherwise in generally good condition. Transport map of Europe, North Africa, and the Orient. Chromolithographic map mounted on cloth in 16 segments. Folded in a contemporary cloth dust jacket and slipcase with a gilt-stamped title on the spine (spine has a missing section and is sun-faded; the bottom edge of the slipcase is split). - Flanked by the merchant flags of the major nations participating in the European trade market. - Includes inset maps of British (Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, etc.) and Nordic (Stockholm, Moscow, Riga, etc.) trading hubs, as well as transportation bottlenecks and hubs in Southwest Europe (Lisbon, Morocco, Madrid, Porto, etc.) and the Orient (Smyrna, Constantinople, etc.). - Occasional slight finger stains in the margins, some creasing along the bottom edge and at one corner, cloth foxed, otherwise in overall good condition.