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IMPERIAL CHINESE ATLAS - Huang Chaso Zhong Wai Yi Tong Xing Tu. Hubei Province: Fu Shu Jing Xuan Lou, 2nd year of the Tongzhi reign [equivalent to 1863].
31 parts, 8 (293 x 187mm). Title printed on yellow paper, preface printed in red, 638 folded leaves comprising maps and text, including two world maps, some hand-colouring in blue. (Some very light spotting to a few leaves.) Original brown paper wrappers, (some small areas of loss and few old creases).
A fine Imperial Atlas of China and abroad in original parts as issued. The first part contains the title, preface, a lengthy introductory text, the two hemisphere maps. Other parts each deal with a separate area, the maps running in continuous sections. The title indicates that this work was produced under Imperial orders and the atlas reflects the influence of Western European map making on Chinese cartography: while the world maps are clearly derived from Western models, much of the work in the atlas is produced along traditional Chinese lines.
31 parts, 8 (293 x 187mm). Title printed on yellow paper, preface printed in red, 638 folded leaves comprising maps and text, including two world maps, some hand-colouring in blue. (Some very light spotting to a few leaves.) Original brown paper wrappers, (some small areas of loss and few old creases).
A fine Imperial Atlas of China and abroad in original parts as issued. The first part contains the title, preface, a lengthy introductory text, the two hemisphere maps. Other parts each deal with a separate area, the maps running in continuous sections. The title indicates that this work was produced under Imperial orders and the atlas reflects the influence of Western European map making on Chinese cartography: while the world maps are clearly derived from Western models, much of the work in the atlas is produced along traditional Chinese lines.
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Please note that the series of parts to this atlas is missing part 8 of the northern section.
Please also note that this atlas is one of the earliest Chinese atlases to combine grid and graticule. For a fuller discussion of this atlas and its place in the history of chinese cartography see Harley and Woodward, The History of Cartography, volume 2, part 2, pp. 198-202.
Please also note that this atlas is one of the earliest Chinese atlases to combine grid and graticule. For a fuller discussion of this atlas and its place in the history of chinese cartography see Harley and Woodward, The History of Cartography, volume 2, part 2, pp. 198-202.