CHINA – ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598)

Lot 132
14.12.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 132 | CHINA – ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598)
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CHINA – ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598)

Chinae, olim Soinarum regionis, nova descripitio, auctore Ludovico Georgio. [Antwerp: 1608].

A landmark in the mapping of China, the first map of the country to appear in a European atlas; 'this map remained the standard type for the interior of China for over sixty years' (Tooley). It was based on a manuscript map made by the Portuguese Jesuit, Ludovicus Georgius. Karrow 1/152; Tooley, Maps and Map-Makers, p.106; M.P.R. van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, 164; van der Krogt III B, 8410:31.



Double-page engraved map, coloured by a contemporary hand, Italian text on verso, title cartouche surmounted by two putti at lower left, privilege and scale bar set in two decorative cartouches, 370 x 470mm (plate mark), 489 x 590mm (sheet).





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