Dec 06, 2012 - Sale 2297

Sale 2297 - Lot 145

Price Realized: $ 4,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
WYTFLIET, CORNELIS van. Japaniae Regnum [etc.] Double-page engraved map with 4 images, one a mapping of Japan and another a mapping of China with Japan included, each map measures approximately 100x125 mm, wide margins; matted. Douai, 1605

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The two mappings of Japan are derived from the Ortelius/Texeira model but more closely follow the atlas minor version of the Ortelius map published by Langenes in 1598. This mapsheet appeared in Histoire des Indes, Orientales et Occidentales. Walter 21B; Campbell 8.