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Auction 191, Lot 681

"Das Eyland Formosa und ein Stuck von den Kusten von China nach den Neuesten Karten und Wahrnehmungen Befonders der PP. Jesuiten", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Taiwan

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
11 x 9.1 inches
27.9 x 23.1 cm
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An uncommon and early map of Taiwan and the Pescadore Islands, showing the Strait of Taiwan and the Fokien coast of China with many place names. This is from a German edition of Histoire Generale des Voyages.

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Condition: A

Issued folding with faint offsetting.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $300

Closed on 2/8/2023

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