MAP, Japan, Bellin
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Description
Japan. Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Carte de l'Empire du Japon, from Prevost's Historische Beschryving de Reizen..., 1752 (dated). Black & White. This is a Dutch version of Bellin's influential map made for Jesuit Father Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix's Histoire du Japon, published in 1758. Japan is presented on the Kaempfer/Scheuchzer model with several corrections to the coastlines, and individual provinces are delineated via engraved line. The Mer de Coree is shown to the west. The decorative rococo-style title cartouche includes two distance scales. Dutch title below the map image. Engraved by J. van Schley.
Condition
Issued folding with one very faint dampstain at top and light foxing in the blank margins.. Grade: A
Dimensions
8.3 x 12.2 in
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