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Auction 105, Lot 494
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"Plan de Jedo", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Japan

Period: 1752 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.7 x 9.7 inches
24.6 x 24.6 cm
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A very detailed and early plan of Tokyo. It is patterned on the Scheuchzer/Kaempfer map of 1702. The grounds surrounding the Edo Palace depict an imaginary, French-style, formal garden. Decorative title cartouche.

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Condition: A

Margin added along binding trim and not affecting map image.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $220

Closed on 12/3/2003

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