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This atlas, shown here closed and sitting on a table, is much larger than it appears: it weighs fifty pounds! It is bound in full leather with brass to protct the corners, and with brass clasps to hold it closed. I also took a photo of the book open to a 1664 map of the world. The book was (rather unexpectedly) in the guest lounge of a hotel in Tokyo; I do not own a copy of it. |
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