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HONDIUS, Henricus (1587-1638). Asia recens summa cura delineata, [Amsterdam: c.1633]. Hand-coloured engraved map, title within figural cartouche, galleons and sea-monsters, Latin text on verso. (Lightly browned, some heavier offsetting, 2 tears with slight loss.) 372 x 495mm.
With Nicolas Sanson's Asia Vetus (Paris, 1650), Edward Wells's Present Asia Distinguisht into its general Divisions or Countries together with their Capital Cities Chief Rivers Mountains &c (Oxford, [1700]), the same cartographer's Ancient Asia ... (Oxford, [1700], laid down) and A New Map of Great Tartary and China (Oxford, 1700, laid down), Isaak Tirion's Nieuwe Kaart van Asia (Amsterdam, 1733) and Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville's Asia ... divided into its Empires, Kingdoms & States (London, for Robert Sayer & John Bennett, 1780, upper part only of a large map). (7)
With Nicolas Sanson's Asia Vetus (Paris, 1650), Edward Wells's Present Asia Distinguisht into its general Divisions or Countries together with their Capital Cities Chief Rivers Mountains &c (Oxford, [1700]), the same cartographer's Ancient Asia ... (Oxford, [1700], laid down) and A New Map of Great Tartary and China (Oxford, 1700, laid down), Isaak Tirion's Nieuwe Kaart van Asia (Amsterdam, 1733) and Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville's Asia ... divided into its Empires, Kingdoms & States (London, for Robert Sayer & John Bennett, 1780, upper part only of a large map). (7)
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