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Auction 142, Lot 650

"Carte du Katay ou Empire de Kin, Pour Servir a l'Histoire de Jenghiz Khan", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: China and Korea

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12 x 8 inches
30.5 x 20.3 cm
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Attractive map of Korea and Northern China with a good depiction of the Great Wall. The Sea of Japan is marked Mer de Coree. The map was prepared from English sources for a history of Gengis Khan. The title is shown in French above and in Dutch below the map.

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Condition: A

Issued folding with a bit of printer's ink residue at bottom right.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $170

Closed on 11/28/2012

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