| Antique Maps and Prints of China |
The earliest recorded map mentioned by historian Ssu Ma Chien was presented to the Prince of the State of Chin in 227 B.C. The oldest known extant Chinese maps engraved in 1137 on 2 stone tablets are preserved in Hsianfu.
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| NanKing and SuTcheou, dated c1747.Size 28 x 21.5 cm, condition good. Price £48.00/$78.00. Click for info |
The first information on China was obtained by accounts of Marco Polo (1271-95). The first European map of the world circulating in China was by Matteo Ricci printed in Shao king in 1584. In the 14th century Choo Sze Pun compiled the Kwang yu too and the maps were used in 1655 by the Jesuit Father Martini for the Atlas Sinens, published by Blaeu in Amsterdam.
Selected maps of China currently in stock
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China. Coloured map showing List of Treaty Ports open to Foreign trade 1854-1877, map of England on the same scale as China, leading Tea Districts tinted red and Exports of tea to the British Isles. Population in each province of China and per square mile. Published by Letts, Son and Company, London 1881. 32 x 42 cm
£65.00 / $105.00
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Peking, showing Forbiden City, Mandschu or Tartar City, Chinese City, and Consulates. Meyers Konservation Lexicon, Leipsig, 1906. 13.5 x 32 cm
£48.00 / $78.00
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China and Japan. Keith Johnston, Very detailed, fairly large map, with outline border colour. Engraved, printed and published by W. & A.K.Johnston circa 1880. 57 x 44 cm
£95.00 /$154.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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Country Between Peking and the Gulf of Pechili, showing the Advance from the Taku Forts to Peking. Edward Weller from the Weekly Dispatch of 2nd December 1860. 30 x 43 cm
£48.00 /$78.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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Kiautschou Bay and Tsing-Tau. Jiaozhou Bay. Was a German colony from 1898 till 1917. Has inset explanation of buildings. Meyers Konversation Lexicon, 1906. 16 x 24 cm
£30.00 /$48.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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Selected Chinese prints currently in stock
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Canton. H.Melville, steel engraving after a native Painting, engraved by H.Jorden, published by Fisher, son and Co. 1845 15.5 x 9 cm
£40.00 /$75.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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Die Kaiser Garten in Nanking in China. J.Poppel, steel engraving, Institut in Hidlburghausen, circa 1850. 16. x 11 cm
£30.00 / $48.00
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Ning-Po. Steel engraving, circa 1850. 23. x 16 cm
£30.00 / $48.00
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Custom House at Shanghai. Wood engraving from All Round the World, showing loading and unloading boats, circa 1861. 23.5 x 17 cm
£20.00 / $32.00
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Great Pagode of China. Copper plate engraving, double size, from Religious Ceremonie by Bernard Picart, 1731. 42 x 33 cm
£75.00 / $122.00
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Canton Boat. Bateau de transport de Canton. Big War Boat. Grande Peniche du Guerre. Louis Auguste de Sainson from his Voyage of La Favorite circa 1835. 17.5 x 26.5 cm
£38.00 / $62.00
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Wall of China, showing Chogon Koton in the distance. Jakobus van der Schley, Copper engraving, hand coloured, circa 1760. 28 x 18.5 cm
£48.00 / $78.00
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The manner in which Persons of Rank are carried in China. Davenport, Copper engraving, circa 1800. 16 x 10 cm
£25.00 / $40.00
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Chinese Punishment of the Rack. Copperplate engraving , published by Fisher, Son and Co. circa 1840. 26 x 21cm
£35.00 / $56.00
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Fortress of Tyen Tsing Wey, Nieuhof. Copperplate engraving, hand coloured, Jakobus van der Schley, circa 1760. 29 x 20 cm
£48.00 / $78.00
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Ville De Tong Cheu. Pierre Quentin Chedel (1705-1763), Copper plate engraving, circa 1761. 14 x 20 cm
£35.00 / $56.00
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Destroying the Chrysalides and reeling the Cocoons. T.Allom, steel engraving showing silk making, engraved by J.Davies, Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company Ltd, circa 1840. 14 x 20 cm
£40.00 / $65.00
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Tea Tree. Thea Bohea, Loureiro. Drawn by Craig, Copperplate engraved by Bomney for the Gallery of Nature and Art, 1818. 17 x 12cm
£34.00 / $55.00
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Sowing Rice at Soo-chow-foo. T.Allom, steel engraving, showing workers pumping water, engraved by W.Wetherhead circa 1840. 19 x 12.5 cm
£34.00 / $55.00
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City of Tong-chew, and Pilgrimage to obtain a fertile year. By Eberhard Isbrant Ides, a Danish Ambassador who travelled to China in 1692. Copperplate engraving by J.Basire, circa 1760. 21 x 15cm
£48.00 / $78.00
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The Ou-ma-too or Five Horses Heads. T.Allom, steel engraving, hand coloured,engraved by W.Floyd, circa 1840. 19.5 x 12.5 cm
£40.00 / $65.00
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Nan-Kow, Southern Gate of the Great Wall- View taken from Pata-Ling. Wood engraving circa 1880. 18 x 13 cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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Upper Kara-Kash Valley. T.H.Taylor, Wood engraving from Universal Geography, published by Virtue c 1890. 18.5 x 13 cm
£28.00 /$46.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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The Gods of the Chinese as described by Kircher. Bernard Picart, Copperplate engraving, hand coloured, engraved by C.DuBosc, from The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of Various Nations, 1734. 21.5 x 34 cm
£48.00 / $78.00
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Hankow-Han-Kiang and Yangtze Confluence. Wood engraving , circa 1880. 18 x 12.5 cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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Die Stadt Chau Chew Fu. City of Chau Chew Fu, 100 miles from Canton. Copperplate engraving from Neuhof, engraved by F.du Bakker, 1749. 27 x 18 cm
£58.00 / $94.00
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Hu Kcu Hyen. Copperplate engraving from Neuhof, Showing fortifications of towns,and ships and boats, c1749. 28 x 19 cm
£58.00 / $94.00
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Die Stadt Nang Hyong Fu. Copperplate engraving, with walled fortifications around the harbour, and showing trading vessel and other small boats. From Neuhof , circa 1749. 28 x 18cm
£58.00 / $94.00
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Water Carriers. I Gerassimoff, from Black and White Studies of Chineses Scenes, circa 1950. 14 x 19.5 cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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Water Carriers. I Gerassimoff, from Black and White Studies of Chineses Scenes, circa 1950. 14 x 19.5 cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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