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Auction 126, Lot 714

"Iaponia", Hondius, Jodocus

Subject: Japan and Korea

Period: 1609 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Sive Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.6 x 13.5 inches
44.7 x 34.3 cm
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Superb map of Japan based on the Ortelius/Teixeira model with Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku depicted with approximately the correct proportions. Korea is shown as an island, although Hondius added a notation to the effect that is was uncertain if the region was an island or a peninsula. The map is richly ornamented with two strapwork cartouches, a European and Japanese ship, and a sea monster. Hondius engraved this map for inclusion in his edition of Mercator's Atlas after he acquired Mercator's plates. It appeared in the editions of Atlas Sive Cosmographia from 1606 to 1636. French text on verso.

References: Walter OAG-12.

Condition: B+

Sharp impression and lovely color with a couple of minor spots, else new fine.

Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500

Sold for: $2,000

Closed on 12/3/2008

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