Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MARTINI / BLAEU. Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio. Double-page engraved map, 460x600 mm, wide margins; hand-colored; slight scattered removable soiling. Amsterdam, 1655

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While the Martini/Bleau partnership would create its own model for the mapping of Japan, the present map follows the Blancus/Moreira model introduced in 1617. The present map appeared in the first atlas devoted to China, Novus Atlas Sinensis. Walter 36.