"Carte de l'Empire du Japon", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

This is a reduced version of Bellin's influential map made for Jesuit Father Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix's Histoire du Japon. Japan is presented basically on the Kaempfer/Scheuchzer model with several corrections to the coastlines. Individual provinces are delineated via engraved line. First state with "No. 5. Tome X. Page 484" at lower right. Decorative rococo-style title cartouche includes two distance scales.

References: Walter OAG #101.

Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper with faint offsetting. Binding trim at top right corner has been replace with old paper to accommodate framing.