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Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2001

China
Map
1683 hand coloured map of China (228x183mm) Imperium Sinicum Quindecupartitum by Joh. Vanden Twele. This rare map is a reduced version of Kircher's map of China, printed in 1667. The cartouche features a Chinese hunter with a hawk and a seated Chinese lady holding a fan. The map is rejoined down the centre and there is a small repair. Exceptionally fresh and this rare, early map would make an ideal frontispiece to any collection of China. Photo

Sold for
HK$11,000