Description:
India, China, Southeast Asia. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes. [Amsterdam]: Blaeu, [1635].
Double page folio map, hand-colored copperplate engraving on paper, framed, 23 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.
Estimate $800-1,000
Possibly mounted, folds along center vertical join causing slight overlap, obscuring a few letters in central cartouche and affecting some of the map image along the tip of the Cambodian peninsula; water stain outside of neatlines in bottom blank margin.
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Amsterdam, China, IndiaJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
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