Lot Essay
The works in the present lot come from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby.
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Twelve plates, from: Atlas Chinensis
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John Ogilby
Twelve plates, from: Atlas Chinensis
twelve engravings, 1671, each on thin laid paper with a central vertical fold, with wide margins, a few minor paper splits at the sheet edges and the occasional pale stain and pinpoint foxmark in the margins, each framed
P. 238 x 325 mm., S. 400 x 493 mm. (and similar)
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Twelve plates, from: Atlas Chinensis
twelve engravings, 1671, each on thin laid paper with a central vertical fold, with wide margins, a few minor paper splits at the sheet edges and the occasional pale stain and pinpoint foxmark in the margins, each framed
P. 238 x 325 mm., S. 400 x 493 mm. (and similar)
(12)
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