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Auction 181, Lot 619

"Asiae Recentissima Delineatio, qua Status et Imperia Totius Orientis una cum Orientalibus Indiis Exhibentur", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Asia

Period: 1716 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.6 x 19.4 inches
57.4 x 49.3 cm
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This is a bold and very decorative map of Asia with a particularly interesting depiction of Japan. Hokkaido and Honshu (Terra Yedso) are joined together by a narrow isthmus and separated from the mainland by a wide strait. An accompanying note acknowledges Scherer as the source, although the orientation of Yedso and Companies Land appears to be based on the Delisle model. A huge lake appears in Tibet and is named the legendary Chiamay. A second lake is shown in the position usually occupied by Lake Chiamay, but here it is named L. Cananor Cunabete. In Southeast Asia the straits between New Guinea and Australia appear in a tentative fashion, noting Dampier's Strait and a disembodied Carpentaria with no definite northern limit. This is an early edition with two elaborate cartouches. The lower title cartouche features an Asian queen holding court, while the upper cartouche depicts a ceremonial procession.

References: Yeo #109.

Condition: B+

Contemporary color in the map with later color in the cartouche. There is light soiling and the bottom margin is narrow, as issued. There are professional repairs to a centerfold separation at bottom and to a forked tear above the title cartouche.

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $400

Closed on 2/10/2021

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