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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 34

Maps
China
1655 Xensi Imperii Sinarum Provincia Tertia, by Johannes Blaeu; 19 x 15¾ inches with border trimmed to about three inches, old coloured.

Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From "Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...", Amsterdam. This map of Shensi features a part of the Great Wall running through the centre with the cities of Sigan (Sianfu), Kingyang and others. The scale cartouche features a deer, the title cartouche with a soldier and a cherub.

Usual reinforcement; pre-printing paper wrinkle at top. Photo

Estimate
SG$600 to SG$800