Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
THÉVENOT, MELCHISÉDECH. Untitled engraved folding map, showing Japan and Korea in the north, a good portion of China, and Java and Borneo in the south, 530x695 mm sheet size; hand-colored in outline; scattered minor foxing and browning. Paris, after 1663

Additional Details

Iezo (Hokkaido) is clearly shown on this later state of the Thévenot rendering. A single compass rose is located in the Mariana group.