| 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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Kanton,Macao, Hongkong. Wood engraving, from Meyers Konversation Lexicon, Leipzig, 1905. 29 x 22 cm
£18.00 / $30.00
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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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Carte de la Baye D'Hocsieu, et de Entrees de la Riviere de Chang. In the Province of Fokyen. Bellin, taken from a Dutch Manuscript. Copper plate engraving, hand coloured, Prevost 1748. 29 x 21 cm
£70.00 /$114.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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Selected Chinese prints currently in stock
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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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Tower of Long Hua, Shanghai. H. Catenacci, wood engraving , circa 1875. 13. x 19 cm
£24.00 / $38.00
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The Pagoda of the Rocks at Macao. C.Maurand, wood engraving , circa 1860. 23. x 16 cm
£24.00 / $38.00
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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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Lake See-Hoo and Temple of the thundering Winds from the Vale of Tombs. T.Allom, steel engraving with figures in the front, and mountains in the background. Engraved by J.C.Bentley circa 1850. 19 x 12 cm
£38.00 / $62.00
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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, Jakobus van der Schley, from Nieuhof, Copper engraving, hand coloured circa 1760. 27 x 19.5 cm
£48.00 / $78.00
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Fu Chew Fu, Hoksyew Capital of Fo-Kyen. Copper engraved print, hand coloured, Jakobus van der Schley, circa 1760. 29 x 20 cm
£48.00 / $78.00
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Chinese Temple Drawn from Nieuhof, Copper plate engraving, circa 1761. 14 x 20 cm
£35.00 / $56.00
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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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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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Paper Mill, China. Showing how paper is made. Wood engraving, circa 1875. 18.5 x 13cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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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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Temple of the Bonzes in the Quang Yen Rock. T.Allom, steel engraving, hand coloured, engraved by C.T.Dixon, circa 1840. 19 x 12.5 cm
£40.00 / $65.00
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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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The Pass of Yang Chow. T.Allom, steel engraving, hand coloured, circa 1840. 19 x 12.5 cm
£40.00 / $65.00
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Pagoda. 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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