INDEX

China Maps

A 16th century Italian plan of Hangzhou

VALEGIO, Francesco.

Quinzai Metropolis Asie Orientalis.
Venice: Donato Rascicotti, c.1598. 100 x 140mm.

Stock ID : 24153

£650

A 16th century miniature map of China

LANGENES, Barent.

China Regio Asie.
Amsterdam, Cornelis Claez, 1599, Dutch text edition. 85 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle and pagination.

Stock ID : 21270

£320

Ortelius's landmark map of China

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. auctore Ludovicio Georgio.
Antwerp, 1608-12, Italian text edition. Original colour. 370 x 470mm.

Stock ID : 15820

£4,500

Ortelius's landmark map of China

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. auctore Ludovicio Georgio.
Antwerp, 1609-12, Latin text edition. 370 x 470mm.

Stock ID : 21064

£3,000

A classic 17th century map of China

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

China.
Amsterdam, 1623, Latin text edition. Coloured. 350 x 460mm.

Stock ID : 23659

£2,500

The first Western publication of a Chinese map of China

PURCHAS, Samuel.

The Map of China.
London: Henry Featherstone, 1625. Coloured. 300 x 370mm.

Stock ID : 23432

£5,000

An early example of this classic 17th century map of China

JANSSON, Jan.

China Veteribus Sinarum regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta.
Amsterdam, c.1636, German text edition. Original colour. 410 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 18401

£1,400

A charming 17th century miniature account of China.

TRIGAULT, Nicolas et al.

Regni Chinensis descriptio ex varijs authoribus.
Leiden: Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier, 1639. 24mo, contemporary vellum, speckled edges; pp. [viii]+365+[9]; engraved title with map of China, two woodcut costume plates, as called for.

Stock ID : 23892

£650

A mid-17th century map of China

MERIAN, Matthaus.

China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta.
Frankfurt, c.1649. Coloured. 275 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 22922

£750

The general map from the first Western atlas of China

BLAEU, Johannes.

Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio.
Amsterdam, c.1655, blank verso. Original colour. 460 x 605mm.

Stock ID : 23205

£1,800

The province Zhili from the first European atlas of China

BLAEU, Johannes.

Pecheli, sive Peking, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Prima.
Amsterdam, c.1655. Blank verso. Old colour with gold highlights . 400 x 480mm.

Stock ID : 21962

£2,800

The first Western atlas of China

BLAEU, Johannes.

Novus Atlas Sinensis. A Martino Martinio... Eerste Deel van't Negende Stuck der Aerdycks Beashryving.
Amsterdam, 1655, Dutch edition. Folio; full vellum; two coloured engr. titles with gold highlights, pp. [iv] + 212 + 40 + xviii + [20]; 17 maps in excellent original colour.

Stock ID : 20044

£29,000

The first western map of the Chinese province of Shanxi

BLAEU, Johannes.

Xansi, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Secunda.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish edition but blank verso. Coloured, with gold highlights. 410 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 18173

£750

The first western map of the Chinese province of Shandong

BLAEU, Johannes.

Xantung, Sinarum Imperii Provincia Quarta.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish text edition. Coloured, with gold highlights. 400 x 495mm.

Stock ID : 18174

£1,200

The first western map of the Chinese province of Guangxi

BLAEU, Johannes.

Quangsi, Sinarum Imperii Provincia Decimatertia.
Amsterdam, 1658, Spanish text edition. Coloured, with gold highlights. 410 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 18177

£850

17th century map of China

LOON, Jan van.

Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio.
Amsterdam: Schenk & Valk, c.1690. Original colour with additions. 465 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 11964

£1,200

A scarce 17th century map of China by a French Jesuit

LE COMPTE, Louis.

A Map of the XV. Provinces and CLV. Capital Cities in ye Empire of China, The Christian Churches and Residences of Jesuits are thus Marked +.
London: Benjamin Tooke, 1698. 290 x 210mm.

Stock ID : 23440

£1,600

Important French map of China by D'Anville

ANVILLE, Jean Baptiste B. D'.

Carte Generale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes Particulieresque l'Empereur Cang-Hi a fait lever sur les Lieux R.R.P.P. Jésuites Missionaires dans cet Empire.
Paris, 1737. Original colour with later additions. 620 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 12227

£900

The Province of Huquang

DU HALDE, Johann Baptiste.

Province IX Hu-Quang...
London: T. Gardner for E. Cave, 1738-41. Coloured. 470 x 420mm.

Stock ID : 16297

£150

The Chinese Province of Henan

DU HALDE, Johann Baptiste.

Province VII Ho-Nan, Drawn on the Spot by the Peres Regis de Mailla and Henderer in the Year 1714...
London: T. Gardner for E. Cave, 1738-41. Coloured 330 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 16299

£120

The Chinese Province of Kyang-Si

DU HALDE, Johann Baptiste.

Province III Kyang-Si Drawn on ye Spot by ye Peres de Tartre & Cordoso in the Year 1714...
London: T.Gardner for E. Cave, 1738-41. Coloured. 350 x 285mm.

Stock ID : 16301

£120

An 18th Century Dutch edition of Bellin's map of China

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

La Chine avec La Koree et les Parties de la Tartarie les plus voisines...
Paris c.1740. Coloured. 310 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 19658

£400

An 18th century town plan of Canton in China

HARRIS, John.

A Plan of the City of Canton on the River Ta Ho.
London, 1746. Coloured. 310 x 210mm.

Stock ID : 23675

£350

18th Century map of China

KITCHIN, Thomas.

China as Surveyed by the Jesuit Missionaries between the Years 1708 and 1717 with Korea and the adjoining Parts of Tartary.
London, 1747. Coloured. 295 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 19967

£280

18th century English map of China

BOWEN, Emanuel.

A New & Accurate Map of China, Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries, by order of the Emperor..
London, 1748. Coloured. 350 x 450mm.

Stock ID : 21029

£450

A dramatic 18th century map of China

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Opulentissimum Sinarum Imperium juxta Recentissimam Delineationem in suas Provincias Distermunatum.
Augsburg, T.C.Lotter, c.1760. Original colour. 500 x 590mm.

Stock ID : 18269

£1,400

18th century map of China and Korea

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

La Chine avec La Coree et les Parties de la Tartarie les plus voisines.
Paris c.1763. Coloured. 295 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 22424

£240

An 18th century playing-card map of China

RABATTA, Augusto & BAILOU, Jean Baptist de.

Regno Dispotico. Imperio della China anticamente Sinae sotto un Imperatore Tartaro.
Florence: Aniello Lamberti, 1779. Original colour. Sheet size 128 x 73mm.

Stock ID : 12974

£450

China & Tartary after Bonne

SANTINI, Francesco & Paolo.

L'Empire de la Chine, avec la Tartarie Chinoise d'après l'Atlas Chinois.
Venice: Guiseppe Antonio Remondini, 1784. Original outline colour. 485 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 22630

£600

A scarce map of China

CASSINI, Giovanni Maria.

La Cina Delineata sulle ultime Osservazioni.
Rome, 1798. Coloured. 365 x 495mm.

Stock ID : 20552

£650

An unusual geographical and historical map of China

GROS, C.

China and the Tributary Kingdom of Corea, For the Elucidation of Lavoisne's Genealogical, Historical, Chronological & Geographical Atlas.
London: J. Barfield, 1813. Original colour. 220 x 280mm, set in text.

Stock ID : 18845

£175

An Italian edition of an account of the Amherst Embassy to China

ELLIS, Henry.

Viaggio di Lord Amherst alla China o Giornale dell'Ultima Ambasciata Inglese alla Corte di Pekin.
Milan: Giambattista Sonzogno, 1819. Three vols, original half calf gilt with marbled boards. Vol 1: pp. xlvii+253, with frontis. stipple portrait, 2 etched plates with hand colour & folding engraved map. Vol 2: pp.268, four etchings with hand colour. Vol 3: pp. 267, four etchings with hand colour.

Stock ID : 23936

£400

19th century map of Hainan

FREMIN, A.R.

Carte de l'île de Hai Nan formant le Département Chinois de Khioung Tchéou Fou.
Paris: Berthe, 1827. Original colour. 320 x 380mm.

Stock ID : 19928

£400

19th century China and Burma

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

China and the Birman Empire with parts of Cochin-China and Siam.
London: Charles Knight, c.1846. Coloured steel engraving, 320 x 390mm.

Stock ID : 21976

£180

Mid 19th century map of China

GELLATLY, John.

China
Edinburgh: J. Gellatly, & London, Henry Washbourne, 1843. Original Colour. 360 x 290mm.

Stock ID : 19950

£280

19th century China

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

China: The Interior Chiefly from Du Halde and the Jesuits 1710 to 1718 and the Sea Coast from Modern Authorities.
London, Charles Knight, c.1850. Steel engraving, Coloured. 400 x 320mm.

Stock ID : 19862

£180

Victorian map of China with views of Hong Kong and Canton

TALLIS, John.

China and Birmah.
London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. Steel engraving with original outline colour. Printed area 330 x 255mm.

Stock ID : 21797

£250

Sea chart of the East China Sea

BRYANT, Tomas.

China. Carta de la Costa Oriental , comprendida entre el Rio Min hasta los Bancos Sha con parte del Archipiélago del Japon, segun los trajabos mas modernos.
Madrid: Direccion de Hidrografia, 1864. Original colour. 640 x 998mm. Blind stamp of the Direccion de Hidrografia.

Stock ID : 12452

£900

Victorian blue-back chart of China and Vietnam

IMRAY, James.

East India Archipelago. (Western Route to China. Chart No.5)
London: James Imray & Son, 1872. Two sheets conjoined, total 1070 x 1030mm, backed onto blue paper, Imray ink stamp dated 1872 and label of chartseller near title, Imray title label on reverse.

Stock ID : 22589

£1,100

A wall map illustrating the commerce of China

PHILIP, George.

Philip's Commercial Map of China. Edited by the Late Sir Alexander Hosie, M.A., L.L.D., F.R.G.S.
London: George Philip for the London Geographical Institute, c.1930. Chromolithograph on two sheets conjoined, total 1600 x 1550mm, laid on silk-edged canvas, with contemporary brass roller at top, wooden baton at bottom, each with a tassel.

Stock ID : 19440

£1,250