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Auction 105, Lot 487
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"Magnae Tartariae, Magni Mogolis Imperii, Iaponiae et Chinae, Nova Descriptio", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Northeastern Asia

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.7 x 17.2 inches
55.1 x 43.7 cm
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Copper engraved map of Tartary, China, Korea and Japan. Embellished with a decorative strapwork title cartouche flanked by putti. The map is fully engraved with forests and mountains and has quite good detail of cities and towns for the period. The Great Wall is graphically depicted. Japan is shown on the Blaeu/Martini type and Corea is shown as a small peninsula. The large, mythical Chiammay Lacus is located in central China.

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Condition: B

Two short areas of oxidation of green with cracking, repaired on verso. Balance of green is beginning to oxidize, but the paper is sound. On thick paper with wide margins.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Unsold

Closed on 12/3/2003

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