[Venice], [1696]
Parte Occidentale della China . . . / Parte Orientale della China . . . Two sheets, 23 ¾ x 36 inches (60.3 x 91.4 cm) each. Excellent condition with dark, rich impression. Hand-colored in outline. With text in Italian on verso.
An important map in a striking example that provides one of the finest specimens of Coronelli’s robust engraving style. In addition to being a state-of-the-art depiction of China, it also serves a visual compendium of the tools of a seventeenth-century surveyor and cartographer. The precisely engraved instruments decorating the map..... More
