[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] OGILBY, JOHN asia, the first part. being an accurate description of persia... London, 1673. First edition. Volume one (all ever published). Folio. Illustrated with four double-page maps, 26 (of 28) plates (lacking the "Callenkyns, the tenth" and "The Court of the Great Mogol" plates), 30 engravings in text, and an additional engraved vignette title-page. 18th century half tan calf and patterned boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Spine, extremities and joints rubbed, front cover detached, but present; title-page printed in red and black, large folding map of Asia intact and clean, double-page map "Tabula Colchidis..." moderately toned, dampstaining to bottom of all leaves (affecting the imprint and the bottom text of the dedication, otherwise not affecting the text, maps, or body of plates), scattered foxing, and occasionally toned. Ex-library with book-plate and call number in pencil on front paste-down and pencil markings on title-page. Wing O166. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.