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Lot 598
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"A New & Accurate Map of China, Drawn from Surveys Made by the Jesuit Missionaries, by Order of the Emperor. Regulated by Numerous Astronomical Observations", Kitchin, Thomas

Subject: China & Korea

Period: 1764 (circa)

Publication: John Harris' Navigantium Atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.2 x 13.4 inches
41.1 x 34 cm
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This finely engraved map depicts China and Korea, with detail focused primarily in China. It was derived from the Jesuit survey of 1708 to 1717. A key at bottom right provides the meaning of relevant Chinese words. The map is embellished with a pictorial title cartouche depicting figures in regional dress at bottom left. A compass rose and distance scales appear at top left. This map was first issued by Emanuel Bowen and updated here by Thomas Kitchin for a later edition of Harris' Navigantium Atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca.

References: cf. Shirley (BL Atlases) G.HARR-1a #28.

Condition: B+

Bold coloring on paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark. There is some minor offsetting and a few dampstains that just enter the map border.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Current High Bid:
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Reserve: Reserve Not Met
Next Bid: $70

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