Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 22

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
BOWEN, EMANUEL. A New and Accurate Map of the Empire of Japan. Engraved folding map, 360x440 mm, wide margins; minor browning at bottom of sheet in margin. London, 1744

Additional Details

Closely follows the Bellin map of 1735. The present example is in the First State with "No. 80" in the lower right corner. Both the first and second states of the map appeared in various editions of A Complete System of Geography. Walter OAG 92; Campbell 61; Cortazzi, pl. 81.