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Auction 147, Lot 622
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"A New Map of China Drawn from Surveys Made by Order of the Emperor", Kitchin, Thomas

Subject: China & Korea

Period: 1782 (circa)

Publication: Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography

Color: Black & White

Size:
14.9 x 13.3 inches
37.8 x 33.8 cm
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This later Kitchin map of China and its surroundings stretches from Tibet to the Sea of Japan, here called the Sea of Korea. China is dense with detail, with mountains, provinces, rivers, and many cities noted. Tay-wan or Formosa I., Nan-King, Canton, and the Gulf of Tonkin appear. There is a compass rose topped with a fleur-de-lis, two distance scales, a decorative title cartouche featuring figures in local dress near a massive vase, and a key at bottom left that translates regional geographic terms into English.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with wide margins, faint offsetting, and light toning confined to the sheet's edges.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $95

Closed on 11/20/2013

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