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Auction 99, Lot 455

"Colton's Japan Nippon, Kiusiu, Sikok, Yesso and the Japanase Kuriles", Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Subject: Japan

Period: 1855 (dated)

Publication: Atlas of the World

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.5 x 12.5 inches
39.4 x 31.8 cm
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An attractive map with insets of Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles, and the Bay of Nagasaki. The map was compiled from the maps of Siebold and the surveys of the U.S. expedition to Japan in 1841. This issue was published by Johnson and Browning in 1860.

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Condition: A

One tiny paper flaw, else very fine.

Estimate: $50 - $60

Sold for: $110

Closed on 6/12/2002

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