Catalog Archive
Auction 144, Lot 238

"China (Ostl. Theil), Korea und Japan", Perthes, Justus

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Period: 1879 (dated)

Publication: Stieler's Hand-Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16 x 13 inches
40.6 x 33 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

A handsome sheet showing China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan with amazing detail. Three finely rendered insets titled Schanghai und Umgebung, Jedo und Umgebung, and Der Vanton-Strom und Seine Umgebung showing the important port cities of Tokyo, Canton (with Hong Kong,) and Shanghai are included at bottom right.

References:

Condition: B+

Original color with full margins and a few small spots of foxing.

Estimate: $70 - $90

Sold for: $45

Closed on 4/3/2013

Archived