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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 35

Maps
China
1655 Xantung Imperii Sinarum Provincia Quarta, by Johannes Blaeu; 19 x 16 inches with border trimmed to one and a half to three inches, old coloured.

Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From "Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...", Amsterdam. This map of Shantung features the important coastal area at the top of the Yellow Sea, the cities of Cinan (Tsinan), Yencheu, Cingcheu and Tengcheu which appears on an island; the tip of Manchuria with the Liaotung peninsular and parts of Korea. The title and scale cartouche features four men arguing or debating.

Reinforced fold with small tear at top. Photo

Estimate
SG$2,000 to SG$2,200