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Lot 241
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
[CHINA & SOUTHEAST ASIA] -- HONDIUS, Jodocus (1563-1611). India Orientalis. [Amsterdam, ca 1606-27].
Engraved map with later hand-coloring, 370 x 498 mm sight, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Strapwork cartouches, galleons and a sea monster, Latin text verso. Provenance: The Asian Collector (gallery label on back of frame).
An early Dutch map depicting China and Southeast Asia engraved for Hondius' expanded Mercator Atlas.