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Auction 152, Lot 618
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"Carte de l'Empire Chinois et du Japon", Lapie/Tardieu

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Period: 1838 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Universel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.7 x 15.8 inches
55.1 x 40.1 cm
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This beautifully engraved and highly detailed map shows the size and breadth of China and includes Taiwan (I. Formose), Korea, and all of Japan. Filled with watershed and topographical detail, the map also locates the Great Wall and scores of towns. A decorative keyboard-style border surrounds the map.

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Condition: A

Original outline color on a bright sheet with faint scattered foxing that is mostly confined to the blank margins and light toning along the sheet's edges.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $95

Closed on 2/18/2015

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