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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 59

Maps
China
1782 A New Map of China Drawn from Surveys made by order of the Emperor, by Thomas Kitchen; 19 x 14½ inches, uncoloured.

Relief shown pictorially.; "Engraved for Millar's New complete and universal system of geography." Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Decorated title cartouche includes figures in native dress in front of a pagoda with huge lidded urn holding the title; copper engraving, printed on greyish paper.

With the two vertical folds, good to fine. Photo

Estimate
SG$500 to SG$600