China

by Jodocus Hondius

$2,500 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Amsterdam, 1606 , 1619. Hand-colored engraving, 13.75” x 18.75” plus margins. CONDITION: Very good, .75” loss to upper-right corner and some light soiling to margins, old repair to separations in lower margin along central vertical fold. An intriguing map of East Asia published in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas, featuring exotic descriptions of the territory based on

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