Subject: China & Korea
Period: 1751 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Universel
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.6 x 18.9 inches
52.3 x 48 cm
This is a very handsome and finely engraved map with minute political and topographical detail. The large title cartouche is resplendent in the French style with musicians, a dancer, and various accoutrements representative of the country. This early edition retains the 1751 date and privilege, which were removed from the cartouche in later editions.
References: Pedley #408.
Condition: B+
A sharp impression with contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with a small birdhouse watermark. There are a few creases that have been pressed flat, and the map has been fully backed in thin archival tissue to repair a short tear within the palm trees of the title cartouche and another short tear in the bottom margin.