Print of steel engraving titled „Chine et Japon“.

Drawn by TH. Duvotenay.

Engraved by unknown.

From „Chine ou Description Historique, Geographique et Litteraire de ce vaste empire, d‘apres des documents Chonois“ by M. G. Pauthier. Paris. 1837.

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.38 billion. The PRC is a one-party state governed by the Communist Party, with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces; five autonomous regions; four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing); two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau); and claims sovereignty over Taiwan.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The kanji that make up Japan's name mean "sun origin", and it is often called the "Land of the Rising Sun".

Approx. image size 23 x 18, 1/25, 9 x 20, 7 cm. Condition: medium.