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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 40

Maps
China
1655 Nanking sive Kiangnan Imperii Sinarum Provincia Nona, by Johannes Blaeu; 19½ x 16 inches with border trimmed to 1½ inch, hand coloured.

Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From "Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...", Amsterdam. The map shows this coastal province with its many rivers and lakes including the main cities of Sucheu (Soochow), Kiangming (Chinkiang). The cartouche with two Chinese scholars.

Fresh and fine. Photo

Estimate
SG$2,000 to SG$2,500