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Lot 1110
[MAPS-CHINA] Group of twelve framed maps of China and region.
A varied group from the 17th to 19th centuries. Comprising: [BLAEU, WILLEM]. Fionia vulgo Funen, Amsterdam, circa 1640 or later, hand-colored, this the largest of the group at 15 x 19 5/8 inches (38 x 50 cm), nicely framed, visibly quite clean; [DU HALDE, JEAN-BAPTISTE]. Kanton..., La Hague, circa 1736, hand-colored, the map providing plans of Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau being a plate extracted from Du Halde's Description Geographique, toned, else fine; [BELLIN, NICHOLAS]. L'Empire de La China, Paris, dated 1748, folds, else fine; BONNE, M. Carte Hydro-Geo-Graphique des Indes Orientales..., Paris, 1771, toned along center fold, else clean; ZATTA, ANTONIO. Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone, Venice, 1784, small loss at head, spots, slightly soiled; [BELLIN, NICHOLAS]. La Chine avec La Coree et les Parties de la Tartarie..., Paris, circa 1750, hand-colored, a few spots; [BELLIN, NICHOLAS]. Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l'Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton, Paris, circa 1750, later hand-coloring, uneven toning, small stain at center; [MALTE-BRUN, CONRAD]. Empire Chinois et Japon, Paris, circa 1812, hand-coloring in outline, visually fine; and four others of the 19th century, the latest being Johnson's Asia by Johnson and Ward, circa 1865. No map examined out of frame and the lot sold as is.
A large and interesting assortment of maps of China.
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