Parte Occidentale Della China Parte Orientale Della China Two Sheets 23 X 36 Inches 60 3 X 91 4 Cm Each

by China Vincenzo Maria Coronelli

$8,750 · Offered by Martayan Lan

An important map in a striking example that provides one of the finest specimens of Coronelli’s robust engraving style. In addition to being a state-of-the-art depiction of China, it also serves a visual compendium of the tools of a seventeenth-century surveyor and cartographer. The precisely engraved instruments decorating the map..... More

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