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Auction 192, Lot 625

"Nieuwe Kaart van 't Keizerryk China, en de Aangrensende Landen", Tirion, Isaac

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication: Hedendaagsche Historie...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 9.9 inches
33 x 25.1 cm
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This is a Dutch edition of Tirion's map of China, Korea, and Japan. The Great Wall is shown as well as the Gobi Desert. Kamchatka, the Korean peninsula, and Japan are oddly shaped. The Sea of Japan is labeled Zee van Corea. There are two unnamed islands at top right, with one noted as "paying tribute to the Russians" and the other not paying tribute.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression, issued folding on a watermarked sheet with one spot east of China and a few tiny separations along the folds. A binding trim at right has been replaced with old paper and an associated binding tear that enters 4" into the image has been professionally repaired.

Estimate: $275 - $350

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Closed on 4/26/2023

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