"Carte de l'Empire du Japon pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", 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, and individual provinces are delineated via engraved line. The Mer de Coree is shown to the west. The decorative rococo-style title cartouche includes two distance scales. This is the second state, with a different page number below the map.

References: Hubbard #104.2; Walter OAG #101.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression with faint offsetting and toning, and some soiling along the centerfold at top. There are two tiny worm tracks in the image and several more in the blank margins, all of which have been professionally repaired on verso.