Carte generale de la Tartarie... 1749
Klubbat för:
7000 SEK
Estimate
10 000-12 000 SEK
Description
MAYER, TOBIAS, THE ELDER. (2). Carte generale de la Tartarie Chinoise et des rojaumes de Corée et de Iapan. Nuremberg (Homannianorum Heredum) 1749.
Engraved partly contemporary handcoloured map on two sheets, not joined together. Engraved surface of each sheet about 510x420 mm. Wide uncut margins. Framed. 2 items.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, E 23.
Text in the cartouche: "Tatariae Sinensis Mappa Geographica ex Tabulis specialibus R.R.P.P. Iesuitarum nec non Relationibus R.P. Gerbillon per Dom. d´Anville Geographum Parisiensem primum anno 1723. nunc secundum L. L. projectionis stereographicae in usum translationis germanicae Historiae sinenc. Haldianae descripta...".
German version of an D´Anville map of northern China and Mongolia based on the relations of Fr. Gerbillon who lived and died in China.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6165
Date:
2017-11-21