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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 53

Maps
China
1740 (c.) "Regni Sinae vel Sinae Propriae Mappa et Descriptio Gegraphica ex mappis particularibus quas Sinarum Rex Kanghi opera patrum Missionarium i…R.P. du Halde", by Johann Matthaus Haas; 21½ x 25 inches and later hand-coloured.

Highly detailed map of China, extending to the Gobi Desert in the north and including Formosa and Hainan Islands, with a large decorative cartouche and explanatory table. The map is colored by provinces.

With usual central strengthening; light overall ageing. Photo




Haas was one of the mid-period Homann Heirs, whose cartographic publications were the most prolific in Germany during the 18th Century. An excellent highly detailed map, based upon the works of Du Halde and D'Anville.

Estimate
SG$600 to SG$800