"Plan de Jedo", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Tokyo, Japan
Period: 1736 (circa)
Publication: Charlevoix's Histoire et Description Generale du Japon...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.8 x 12.8 inches
32.5 x 32.5 cm
A very detailed and early plan of Tokyo patterned on the Scheuchzer/Kaempfer map of 1702. The grounds surrounding the Edo Palace depict an imaginary, French-style, formal garden. The Nihonbashi (Japan Bridge) is located with the letter B just east of the palace. Floral style title cartouche incorporates the key and scale of miles. Engraved by Guillhaume Dheulland.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.CHAR-2a #6; Walter #90..
Condition: B+
Nice impression. Folding as issued, now pressed with the normal binding trim at left that has been replaced with old paper to better accommodate framing, and a 1" binding tear into map at left that has been archivally repaired.
