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17th Century
Xansi, Vincenzo Coronelli, c.1696
28719 Xansi, Vincenzo Coronelli, c.1696. Price: 350.00
XANSI, E XENSIS, PROVINCIE DELLA CHINE...
An engraved map of the region. A decorative title cartouche with coat of arms. Decorative scale cartouche and a third foliage cartouche with note. 23 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches, 600 x 450 mm. Uncoloured. Slit about 1/8 inch wide near centre fold with some loss in the desert area. Otherwise fine clean condition with good margins.
This map is one of Coronelli’s six maps showing the thirteen provinces of China, modelled on the earlier map by Joan Blaeu and the Jesuit Martino Martini.
From: Coronelli's Corso Geografico Universalle
17th Century
Iunan, Queicheu and Quangsi, Vincenzo Coronelli, c.1696
28720 Iunan, Queicheu and Quangsi, Vincenzo Coronelli, c.1696. Price: 400.00
IUNAN, QUEICHEU, E QUANGSI
An engraved map of the three provinces. Iunan (Yunnan), Queicheu (Guizhou) and Quangsi (Guangsi).Title within a large banner cartouche. Decorative scale cartouche. 23 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches, 600 x 450 mm. Uncoloured. Fine clean condition with good margins.
This map is one of Coronelli’s six maps showing the thirteen provinces of China, modelled on the earlier map by Joan Blaeu and the Jesuit Martino Martini.
From: Coronelli's Corso Geografico Universalle
17th Century
Chekiang and Kiangski, Vincenzo Coronelli, c.1696
30141 Chekiang and Kiangski, Vincenzo Coronelli, c.1696. Price: 400.00
CHEKIANG, E KIANSI, PROVINCIE DELLA CHINE...
An engraved map of this coastal region. A large decorative title cartouche with coat of arms. Decorative scale cartouche. 23 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches, 600 x 450 mm. Uncoloured. Fine clean condition with good margins.
This map is one of Coronelli’s six maps showing the thirteen provinces of China, modelled on the earlier map by Joan Blaeu and the Jesuit Martino Martini.
From: Coronelli's Corso Geografico Universalle
19th Century
China, George Frederick Cruchley, 1848
31523 China, George Frederick Cruchley, 1848. Price: 75.00
CHINA
A clearly engraved map of the country bearing the imprint February 1st 1842. Publishers rococo cartouche inscribed Cruchley’s Improved Atlas, for Schools & Families. 17 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Small slit at the bottom of the centre fold. Some browning in the centre fold, otherwise good condition.
From: Cruchley’s General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition
18th Century
Canton, Emanuel Bowen c.1744
32274 Canton, Emanuel Bowen/Harris c.1744. Price: 115.00
A PLAN OF THE CITY OF CANTON ON THE RIVER TA HO
A most interesting bird’s eye view of Canton with floating castles and ships on the river. A key beneath identifies 13 landmarks. 8 x 11 inches. Uncoloured. Small light water stain in the left hand blank margin and some very light creasing in the top and bottom blank margin. Otherwise good clean condition.
Probably engraved by Emanuel Bowen and from John Harris - Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca
Catching Ducks in China
45731 Catching Ducks and Fish in China, Millar, 1782. Price: 18.00
CHINESE METHOD OF TAKING WILD-DUCKS / ALSO THEIR WAY OF CATCHING FISH, AND A FAMOUS WATER CASTLE
Two copper engraved views on one sheet within a decorative border. 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.
From: Millar's New Complete Universal System of Geography
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