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An important ‘proof state’ sea-chart of the Canton River

Stock No. 11987 Category: Tags: , , , , , , Cartographer: GUIGNES, Chretien-Louis de.

Signed bottom left, on paper watermarked 'D & C Blaeuw IV'. Sheet 510 x 470mm.

£6,500

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The original pre-publication working proof example with manuscript corrections and annotations used for De Guignes 'Voyages a Peking, Manille et l'Ile de France, faits dans l'intervalle des années 1784 'a 1801...', published in Paris 1808. It contained six maps, of which this is the most important, showing Macao, Lantau and part of Hong Kong, although unnamed.

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Date

1793

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Publication

Signed bottom left, on paper watermarked 'D & C Blaeuw IV'. Sheet 510 x 470mm.

Condition

A good example.

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