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Miniature map of Cheshire
Thomas Kitchin or Thomas Jeffreys

London, 1749+. A miniature map of Cheshire, engraved by either Thomas Kitchin or Thomas Jeffreys for the 'Small English Atlas', with three columns of engraved text detailing the major towns.
KITC1028
£140.00

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Map of Cheshire
James Wallis.

London, S.A. Oddy, 1812. Detailed county map marking the roads, with fine, bright colour.
WALL0008
£98.00

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Miniature county map of Cheshire
William Lewis.

London: P. Martin, 1819. From 'Lewis's New Traveller's Guide', marking cities, market towns, seats, mail coach roads & turnpikes.
LEWI1018
£35.00

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Chilean native costume
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, c.1683. A Chilean couple with their villiage in the background, published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0119
£75.00

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Map of Santiago de Chile
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, c.1756. Plan of Santiago, capital of Chile, before the construction of the Calicanto Bridge began in 1767.
BELL0189
£125.00

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Large, detailed map of Chile
John Pinkerton.

London, Cadell & Davies, 1809. Large and detailed map of Chile, with an inset of Juan Fernandes Island.
PINK0008
£140.00

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Early map of China
Johannes Jansson.

Amsterdam, 1647. China, Japan and the northern Philippines, with Korea shown as an island.
JANS0012
£1500.00

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Chart of the environs of Xiamen, China
G. Child.

London: Thomas Salmon, 1747. A map of the environs of Xiamen & Zhangzhou, published in the 'Universal Traveller'. Nieuhof describes the place: 'The place is small, but well-built, has a wealthy suburb, and drives a great trade. The revenue arising from the custom paid by vessels is very considerable'.
CHIL0001
£150.00

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View of the Imperial Observatory at Peking.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, c.1750. Showing globes, astrolabes and armillary spheres. The Peking Observatory was equipped by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Flemish Jesuit missionary in Peking in the late 1660s. Rather than building the latest models he worked from Tycho Brahe's 'Mechanica', published eighty years before.
BELL0113
£150.00

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Chart of the environs of Xiamen, China
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, c.1750. A map of the environs of Xiamen & Zhangzhou.
BELL0185
£150.00

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Map of Chinese Tartary, with the Silk Road, Great Wall of China & Tibet.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

The Hague, c.1760. Engraved by Schley for a Dutch edition of Prevost, illustrating the story of Gengis Khan.
BELL0135
£125.00

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View of the Chinese city Jo-Si-Wo
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, c.1760. A view of Jo Si Wo after Nieuhof, here engraved by Schley for a Dutch edition of the Bellin/Prévost 'Histoire des Voyages'. Nieuhof describes the place: 'The place is small, but well-built, has a wealthy suburb, and drives a great trade. The revenue arising from the custom paid by vessels is very considerable'.
BELL0186
£150.00

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Map of China, Korea and Japan
Rigobert Bonne.

Paris, c.1780. China, Korea and Japan, with the northern Philippines.
BONN0041
£125.00

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A Chinese bridge
Middleton.

London, c.1780. A high bridge above a river, believed to be in Shensi province.
MIDD0005
£75.00

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A costume plate of a Chinese lady
J. Hall

London, 1781. 'Engraved for the Geographical Dictionary'.
HALL1002
£98.00

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A Chinese street trader
A. Freschi.

London: J.J. Stokdale, 1812. A illustration of a Chinese street trader with children kicking a shuttlecock into the air. It was engraved by Freschi for an English edition of Jean-Baptiste Joseph Breton de la Martinier's 'China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c.'.
FRES0001
£60.00

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Prospect of the European settlement at Canton
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, 1748. An early view of Canton (Guangzhou) from the sea. with the harbour full of European ships.
BELL0197
£98.00

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View of the Porcelain Tower, Nanjing
Millar.

London, c.1785. The famous Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, built from porcelain bricks during the Ming dynasty in the 15th century. Destroyed in 1856, during the Taiping Rebellion, there are currently plans to rebuild it. Engraved by Sparrow for 'Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography'.
MILL0006
£98.00

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View of Nanking with a Pagoda
Johan Nieuhof.

Paris, 1748. Johan Nieuhoff (1618-72) was a Dutch traveler who made a trip of 2,400 km from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657. His account, published 1665, was the most authoritative description of China. This example was published for Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
NIEU0001
£95.00

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View of Peking
Smith.

London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1810. A view of Beijing at the beginning of the 19th century.
SMIT1001
£95.00

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