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Auction: CSS94 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 1215

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1655 "Quangtung Imperii Sinarum Provincia Duodecima". Published in the first Western Atlas of China, Johannes Blaeu & Jesuit Martino Martini's Atlas Sinensis (1655). Cartographer: BLAEU, Johannes (Martino Martini). Framed, coloured copperplate engraving. Image size: 20" x 16.5", frame size: 29.5" x 26.5". Clean and fresh.
Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From 'Novus Atlas Sinensi a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus...', Amsetrdam. A map showing the multiple island coastline with the important island of Hainan, showing the tropic of Cancer as a red line, the major city of Quangcheu (Canton), the Island of Macao with church and the peninsula and islands of Hong Kong. The cartouche features a woman walking and a man attending lotus flowers.


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Estimate
HK$7,500 to HK$10,000

Starting price
HK$7500