Lot 35
(MAP) JANSSON, JAN
Size of frame 25 1/4 x 27 1/4 inches.
Sale 322 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Aug 6, 2014
10:00AM CT
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Lot Description
(MAP) JANSSON, JAN
Imperii Sinarum nova descriptio. (Amsterdam, c. 1664). Engraved map with hand-coloring of China, Korea and the islands of Formosa and Hainan. With decorative cartouche surrounded by Chinese scholars, a scale bar flanked by mer-babies, and showing the Great Wall of China to the north, in red. Framed and matted.
Size of frame 25 1/4 x 27 1/4 inches.
Property from the Collection of Millard Grauer, Evanston, Illinois
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