264 MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J. China. Amsterdam, 1633. In original colours. A good and dark impression. Wide margins. Very good condition. 340 x 454 mm.
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4000 €   

¤ Important map of China. Besides China, the map depicts Korea as an elongated island and Japan from the Teixeira model of 1595. Decorated with strapwork cartouches, a European and Chinese ship, a sea-monster and wheeled wind-machines. In one of the cartouches a scene from the a Japanese persecution of a Christian missionary and converts in this period, probably a reference to the martyrdom's in Nagasaki in 1597.

265 BLAEU,W. China Veteribus Sinarum Regio. Amsterdam, 1638. In attractive strong original colours. Dark impression, printed on heavy paper. Repair of split lower part centerfold, 3 cm. into engraved area. Very good condition. 410 x 500 mm.
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2100 €   

¤ This was the first of Blaeu's maps of China. In 1655 he was to publish the famous map of Father Martini, with many of the earlier inaccuracies present on this map corrected: the outline of Japan was improved and Korea was correctly shown as a peninsula instead of, as here, an island. The map includes an attractive cartouche bottom left with coat of arms and dedication to Theodore Bas, director of the V.O.C. - V.d.Krogt/Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, 2:101.1

266 ROSSI,G. Il regno della China.. Rome 1682. Beau col. In good condition. 433 x 538 mm.
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3000 €   

¤ A rare and decorative Italian map of China and Japan, with Japan closely modelled on the indented Cardim outline and Hokkaido, called "Yuppi", shown as an Asian peninsula. Taiwan and Korea both in a very unusual shape. Taiwan named "Loqueio ò Formosa I.". Only one place name on the island "Taiuan ò N.Zelanda"
Engraved by Giorgio Widman.

267 BLAEU, J. Fokien Imperii Sinarum Provincia undecima. Amsterdam, 1660. Beau col. ancien. In very good condition. No text on verso. 402 x 485 mm.
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1000 €   

¤ The province of Fokien lies opposite Taiwan and south of the region described in the above map. The coast is shown from Wen-zhou in the north to Fu-zhou and as far south as the city of Quan-zhou (Changcheu). In the lower corner is the Northwest part of Taiwan. The attractive title cartouche is in the upper right and measurements in the upper left.

268 HELMAN, Isidore-Stanislas./ BASSET. Cérémonie du labourage faite par L'Empereur de la Chine.. Paris, 1788. Uncoloured. Some marginal water staining and foxing. Dark impression. 290 x 420 mm.
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500 €   

¤ A fine print, engraved by Isidore-Stanislas Helman (?-1806), active at 315, rue St Honoré et chez Ponce, graveur, n° 19 rue St Hyacinthe. The emperor Qianlong ordered in 1766 in France a series of copper engravings representing its conquests of 1755-1759 against the Eleuthes.
Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790), member of the Royal Academy, was head of the project and Jean-Philippe Le Bas was the one of the engravers. Only a few copies stayed in Europe. To satisfy the curiosity of the public, the engraver Isidore-Stanislas Helman produced a reduced version between 1783 and 1785 under the title "Batailles et conquêtes de l'empereur de la Chine.".
To an era where China fascinated the European public, Helman offered engraving by which he greatly contributed to popularize China in Europe. - BNF, Estampes et Photographies.

269 HELMAN, Isidore-Stanislas./ BASSET. Fête donnée aux vieillards par l'Empereur Kien-Long, le 14 Fevrier 1785. Paris, 1788. Uncoloured. Some marginal water staining and foxing. Dark impression. 290 x 400 mm.
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600 €   

¤ A fine print, engraved by Isidore-Stanislas Helman (?-1806), active at 315, rue St Honoré et chez Ponce, graveur, n° 19 rue St Hyacinthe. The emperor Qianlong ordered in 1766 in France a series of copper engravings representing its conquests of 1755-1759 against the Eleuthes.
Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790), member of the Royal Academy, was head of the project and Jean-Philippe Le Bas was the one of the engravers. Only a few copies stayed in Europe. To satisfy the curiosity of the public, the engraver Isidore-Stanislas Helman produced a reduced version between 1783 and 1785 under the title "Batailles et conquêtes de l'empereur de la Chine.".
To an era where China fascinated the European public, Helman offered engraving by which he greatly contributed to popularize China in Europe. - BNF, Estampes et Photographies.

270 HELMAN, Isidore-Stanislas./ BASSET. Fou-Té lieutenant de Tchao-Hoei poursuit Amouw-Sana et reçoit les hommages de Ta-Quau .. Paris, 1788. Uncoloured. Some marginal water staining and foxing. Print has been trimmed on plate mark and pasted on a larger sheet of paper. Dark impression. 290 x 410 mm.
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500 €   

¤ A fine print, engraved by Isidore-Stanislas Helman (?-1806), active at 315, rue St Honoré et chez Ponce, graveur, n° 19 rue St Hyacinthe. The emperor Qianlong ordered in 1766 in France a series of copper engravings representing its conquests of 1755-1759 against the Eleuthes.
Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790), member of the Royal Academy, was head of the project and Jean-Philippe Le Bas was the one of the engravers. Only a few copies stayed in Europe. To satisfy the curiosity of the public, the engraver Isidore-Stanislas Helman produced a reduced version between 1783 and 1785 under the title "Batailles et conquêtes de l'empereur de la Chine.".
To an era where China fascinated the European public, Helman offered engraving by which he greatly contributed to popularize China in Europe. - BNF, Estampes et Photographies.

271 HELMAN, Isidore-Stanislas./ BASSET. L'Empereur va visiter les tombeaux de ses ancêtres.. Paris, 1788. Uncoloured. Some marginal water staining and foxing. Dark impression. 280 x 410 mm.
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500 €   

¤ A fine print, engraved by Isidore-Stanislas Helman (?-1806), active at 315, rue St Honoré et chez Ponce, graveur, n° 19 rue St Hyacinthe. The emperor Qianlong ordered in 1766 in France a series of copper engravings representing its conquests of 1755-1759 against the Eleuthes.
Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790), member of the Royal Academy, was head of the project and Jean-Philippe Le Bas was the one of the engravers. Only a few copies stayed in Europe. To satisfy the curiosity of the public, the engraver Isidore-Stanislas Helman produced a reduced version between 1783 and 1785 under the title "Batailles et conquêtes de l'empereur de la Chine.".
To an era where China fascinated the European public, Helman offered engraving by which he greatly contributed to popularize China in Europe. - BNF, Estampes et Photographies.

272 HELMAN, Isidore-Stanislas./ BASSET. Tchao-Hoei reçoit dans son camp sous les Murs de Yerechiu.. Paris, 1788. Uncoloured. Some marginal water staining and foxing. Dark impression. 250 x 414 mm.
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600 €   

¤ A fine print, engraved by Isidore-Stanislas Helman (?-1806), active at 315, rue St Honoré et chez Ponce, graveur, n° 19 rue St Hyacinthe. The emperor Qianlong ordered in 1766 in France a series of copper engravings representing its conquests of 1755-1759 against the Eleuthes.
Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790), member of the Royal Academy, was head of the project and Jean-Philippe Le Bas was the one of the engravers. Only a few copies stayed in Europe. To satisfy the curiosity of the public, the engraver Isidore-Stanislas Helman produced a reduced version between 1783 and 1785 under the title "Batailles et conquêtes de l'empereur de la Chine.".
To an era where China fascinated the European public, Helman offered engraving by which he greatly contributed to popularize China in Europe. - BNF, Estampes et Photographies.

273 BLAEU, W. Tartariae sive Magni Chami Imperium. Amsterdam, 1635. In attractive strong original colours. Paper very slightly age-toned. Dark impression, printed on heavy paper. Very good condition. 382 x 500 mm.
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480 €   

¤ Fine map of Tartary, including northern part of China, and tip of Korea. - V.d.Krogt/Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, 2:101.1

274 BLAEU,W. Tartaria sive Magni Chami imperium. Amsterdam, 1658. Original colours. Printed on heavy paper. Some light water staining in upper margin, hardly affecting the engraved area. Dutch text on verso. Wide margins, very good impression, near to mint condition. 382 x 502 mm.
Inquire about item N°23916 .

600 €   

¤ Detailed and decorative map of Tartary and Northern part of China. Northern tip of Korea included. The Chinese Great Wall is depicted.

275 GOOS, P. Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zemla. Amsterdam, 1666. Coloured. On double-ply paper as issued. Paper very mildly age-toned, as usual. A good and dark impression. 444 x 540 mm.
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2000 €   

¤ An eye-catching chart of Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. Ships navigate the seas around the Siberian, Chinese and Japanese coast extending as far west as Nova Zembla, the chart continues eastwards to include Xantung province and Korea, mainland Japan and the land mass to the north 'Land van Eso' (Kamchatka). Eastwards the mysterious Compagnies Land is shown. This distinctive chart, from one of the finest chart books of the seventeenth century has a charming cartouche with the title set upon a camel's blanket. Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographer, engraver, publisher and print seller of Amsterdam. His widow continued business at her husband's death. She re-issued 'Nieuwe Groote Zee-Spiegel" in 1676. - Walter, Japan A cartographic vision, plate 39.

276 GOOS,P. Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zembla. Amsterdam, 1666. In attractive original colours. Agetoned nevertheless an attractive copy. 427 x 540 mm.
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2000 €   

¤ Important for its early depiction of Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. Ships navigate the seas around the Siberian, Chinese and Japanese coast extending as far west as Nova Zembla, the chart continues eastwards to include Xantung province and Korea, mainland Japan and the land mass to the north 'Land van Eso' (Kamchatka). Eastwards the mysterious Compagnies Land is shown. This distinctive chart, from one of the finest chart books of the seventeenth century has a charming cartouche with the title set upon a camel's blanket. - Walter, Japan A cartographic vision, plate 39.

277 WIT, F. de. Tabula Tartariae et majoris partis regni Chinae. Amsterdam, 1680. Original colours. Repair of split lower and upper part centerfold. 435 x 543 mm.
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480 €   

¤ Fine map of the region from the Caspian Sea through China and Japan. Formosa in the south-east. Including the peninsula of Korea, Japan and the east coast of Yedso (shown according to the voyages of De Vries). Eastern Russia is truncated with no Kamchatka peninsula. The Great Wall is prominently shown separating China from the interior deserts. The mythical "Chiammay Lacus" is shown with its five major rivers.

278 BROWNE,Chr. Magnae Tartariae Magni Mogolis Imperii Japoniae et Chinae.. Londres, 1700. Original colours. In mint condition. 535 x 648 mm.
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1500 €   

¤ The map stretches from the Caspian Sea in the West to Formosa and Japan in the East. Korea rightly correctly depicted as a peninsula. With an over-sized Taiwan. It has been completely reviewed after the model of N.Witsen: the entire coastline from China to Bering Strait has been altered. Yedso and Yupia on this map are part of mainland China. An uncommon London issue of this map, with the imprint of Christopher Brown, which was originally published by F.de Wit. P.Mortier acquired de Wit's stock of copperplates in 1706.

279 DE L'ISLE, G./ RENARD, L. Carte de Tartarie.. Paris, 1706. In original colours. De L'Isle maps were almost always issued with outline colour, and it is very unusual to find them in such rich was colour. 482 x 638 mm.
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500 €   

¤ Uncommon Amsterdam edition covering north east Asia, Tibet, Korea and part of "Terre d'Eso". Nova Zembla joined with the mainland.

280 BLAEU, J. Japonia Regnum. Amsterdam, 1655. Beau col. ancien. A few placed underlaid due to oxidation of green paint. 417 x 589 mm.
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2500 €   

¤ This was to remain the standard form of Japan until the eighteenth century and although replaced by the maps of Reland and Kaempfer, it is in its outline, closer to the true shape of Japan than either of these or indeed any printed map before the nineteenth century. It was compiled by Father Martino Martini, an Italian Jesuit, and appears in Blaeu's Atlas Sinensis, the first European atlas of China. It is the first map to correctly show Korea as a peninsula. - Campbell 21; Cortazzi, plate 63; OAG 28.

281 CHATELAIN, H. Succession des Empéreurs du Japon.. Amsterdam, 1720. Coloured. A fine item. 375 x 420 mm.
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750 €   

¤ A fine folio sheet of engravings depicting the death of the Emperor Cubo and the arrival of one of the early Dutch embassies to Japan (at Mia in 1644) and a small map of the main island Honshu. - Campell 46; Cortazzi, plate 74, OAG plate 61.

282 KAEMPFER,E. Imperium Japonicum. The Hague 1727. Col. Good condition. Upper margin cut short as issued. 460 x 530 mm.
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2800 €   

¤ The most important influence on European maps of Japan during the early years of the eighteenth century was that of E. Kaempfer based upon the manuscripts compiled during his 2 years residence on Deshima between 1690 and 1692. One of the main points of interest is that the names of the provinces are not given in romanized version as on previous maps but also in Chinese characters. The map includes a dedication to Sir Hans Sloane, in an inset detailed maps of the regions to the north of Japan and a table of distances from Japan to other countries of the world. - Campbell 48; Cortazzi plate 76; OAG 76.

283 BELLIN,J.N. L'Isle Formose et parties des Costes de la Chine.. Paris, 1756. Coloured. In good condition. 234 x 285 mm.
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750 €   

¤ This well-known map of Taiwan is based on Jesuit information. The text along the island's east-coast claims: "Of this coast little is known".