81 2604 Atlases China Blaeu J and Martini M
81 2604 Atlases China  Blaeu J and Martini M
81 2604 Atlases China  Blaeu J and Martini M
81 2604 Atlases China  Blaeu J and Martini M
81 2604 Atlases China  Blaeu J and Martini M
81 2604 Atlases China  Blaeu J and Martini M
81 2604 Atlases China  Blaeu J and Martini M
81/2604 [Atlases. China]. Blaeu, J. and Martini, M. Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Novus Atlas. Pars Sexta. Novus Atlas Sinensis. Amst., J. Blaeu, 1655, (8),171,(23),XII,33,(3)p., engr. title-p., 17 double-p. maps, all in fine HANDCOLOURING, orig. overlapping gilt vellum w. ties, a.e.g., large folio, kept in custom-made gilt brown hmor. dropback box w. green mor. letterpiece on spine.

- Textleaves partly foxed/ browned; maps partly sl. foxed and/ or evenly age-toned. Some tears in vellum backstrip; lacks part of ties; contemp. manuscript title on paper mounted on frontcover (6,5x7,5 cm.).

= Koeman 2:502 with allegorical title-page 2:26A. The hand-coloured double-page maps consist of a general map of China and 16 maps of the provinces incl. a map of Japan. The maps with beautiful cartouches in fine handcolouring surrounded by Chinese people in traditional dress that corresponds with the region shown in the maps. The extensive text was written by the Jesuit missionary Martinus Martini, who had spent 10 years travelling through China and who used two important works for the compilation of this atlas: firstly Guang yu ji (Description of the vast territory) and secondly, the map that Cao Junyi had made in 1644, titled Tianxia jiubian fenye renyi lucheng quantu (The Complete Map of All under Heaven as Unified by the Qing Great State for Ten Thousand Years). SEE ILLUSTRATION ON FRONTCOVER.

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