Lot 241
[CHINA & SOUTHEAST ASIA] -- HONDIUS, Jodocus (1563-1611). India Orientalis. [Amsterdam, ca 1606-27].
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $1,250

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CHINA & SOUTHEAST ASIA] -- HONDIUS, Jodocus (1563-1611). India Orientalis. [Amsterdam, ca 1606-27].

Engraved map with later hand-coloring, 370 x 498 mm sight, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Strapwork cartouches, galleons and a sea monster, Latin text verso. Provenance: The Asian Collector (gallery label on back of frame). 

An early Dutch map depicting China and Southeast Asia engraved for Hondius' expanded Mercator Atlas. 

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