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Auction 136, Lot 695

"Japoniae Descriptio", Bucelin, Gabriel

Subject: Japan

Period: 1658 (published)

Publication: Praecipuarum Universi Terrarum Orbis

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.3 x 2.5 inches
10.9 x 6.4 cm
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This tiny map is based on the Dudley/Jansson maps of Japan. It is interesting that Bucelin chose this source when the standard Catholic version of Japan was based the Blancus/Moreira cartography. Most of the other maps in the Historiae Universalis were based on Ortelius - making this all the more curious. Kyushu is labeled Zikoko, which was derived from Dutch sources. Korea is labeled as an island. In the first edition of King's book on miniature maps, he attributed Bucelin's maps to Johann Praetorius who was the publisher of Historiae Universalis Auctarium. Latin text on verso.

References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 126-127; Walter #56 & OAG-29.

Condition: A

Estimate: $250 - $325

Sold for: $190

Closed on 6/1/2011

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