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1769 - Asia, Isaak Tirion

1769 - Asia, Isaak Tirion

Nouvelle Carte de l'Empire de la Chine, et les Pais Circonvoisins (...)
 
Hand coloured large size copper engraving of China, Korea and Japan.
Size: 25 x 33 cm.

Condition: excellent. Ample margins. Verso: blank.

Large size copper engraving. An interesting map of China, Korea and Japan. The Great Wall is shown as well as the Gobi Desert. Kamchatka, the Korean peninsula and Japan are oddly shaped. The Sea of Japan is labeled Mer de Coree. Published by Isaak Tirion , 1769.

  • About the carthographer:

    Isaak Tirion (1705 in Utrecht – 1765 in Amsterdam) was an 18th-century publisher from the Northern Netherlands.

    According to the RKD, he is most remembered for his Hedendaagsche historie (Modern History) and his Vaderlandse Historie, both historical reference works that were illustrated with engravings by leading artists of Amsterdam.[1]

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