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Auction 178, Lot 487

"Plan de Jedo", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Tokyo, Japan

Period: 1754 (circa)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages...

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.8 x 9.8 inches
24.9 x 24.9 cm
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This detailed plan of Tokyo is 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), marked with a B, is shown east of the palace. This version of the plan has a decorative, rectangular shaped title cartouche. "No. 7, Tome X. Pag. 522" at lower right beneath border.

References: cf. Walter #90.

Condition: B+

Issued folding with a light stain at top left, a hint of offsetting, and a binding trim at right with a tiny tear that just touches the neatline.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $90

Closed on 6/10/2020

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