Subject: Japan
Period: 1752 (dated)
Publication: L'Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.2 x 8.4 inches
31 x 21.3 cm
This is a reduced version of Bellin's influential map made for Jesuit Father Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix's Histoire du Japon. Japan is presented basically on the Kaempfer/Scheuchzer model with several corrections to the coastlines. Individual provinces are delineated via engraved line. First state with "No. 5. Tome X. Page 484" at lower right. Decorative rococo-style title cartouche includes two distance scales.
References: Walter OAG #101.
Condition: A
Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper with faint offsetting. Binding trim at top right corner has been replace with old paper to accommodate framing.
