Live Auction 5808Travel, Science & Natural History
Christie’s roundel
Lot 120

ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-98), Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio. [Antwerp:] 1584. Engraved map of China, elaborate baroque title and scale cartouches, galleons and masted land-vehicles, Latin text on verso (browned at head of centrefold with slight loss, reinforced on verso, one spot, lightly browned), 365 x 470mm.

Closed8 April 2009

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ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-98), Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio. [Antwerp:] 1584. Engraved map of China, elaborate baroque title and scale cartouches, galleons and masted land-vehicles, Latin text on verso (browned at head of centrefold with slight loss, reinforced on verso, one spot, lightly browned), 365 x 470mm.
Ortelius, A.