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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 48

Maps
China
1692 (c.) Chekiang e Kiangsi, Provincie della China, by Vincenzo Coronelli; 28¼ x 19 inches, hand-coloured.

From "Corsa Gerographica Universale". The map is richly adorned with elaborate title and scale cartouches. Includes the small settlements of Ningao, Hangcheu, Hukewu and Kieu Kiang.

Usual strengthened central fold. Fresh and fine. Photo

From Coronelli's set of six maps showing thirteen Chinese provinces, modeled upon the earlier maps by Joan Blaeu and the Jesuit Martino Martini. Vincenzo Coronelli was a Franciscan priest and renowned mathematician and cartographer. He was appointed official Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685 and founded the world's earliest geographic society, L'Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti.

Estimate
SG$600 to SG$800