The first western map of the Chinese province of Shanxi
BLAEU, Johannes.
Xansi, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Secunda.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish edition but blank verso. Coloured, with gold highlights. 410 x 490mm.
Repairs in edges of margin.
A 17th century map of Shanxi, published in the 'Novus Atlas Sinensis', the first Western atlas of China, compiled from the maps supplied by Martino Martini, a Jesuit missionary who travelled through China 1643-1650.
KOEMAN: Bl 60a.
Stock ID : 18173
£750
£750
The first western map of the Chinese province of Shanxi
BLAEU, Johannes.
Xansi, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Secunda.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish edition but blank verso. Coloured, with gold highlights. 410 x 490mm.
Repairs in edges of margin.
A 17th century map of Shanxi, published in the 'Novus Atlas Sinensis', the first Western atlas of China, compiled from the maps supplied by Martino Martini, a Jesuit missionary who travelled through China 1643-1650.
KOEMAN: Bl 60a.
Stock ID : 18173
£750
£750