NOLIN the younger, Jean-Baptiste L'Asie dressée... Lot 602
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NOLIN the younger, Jean-Baptiste L'Asie dressée sur les nouvelles observations faites en touttes [sic] les parties de la terre et rectifiées. Paris Crépy 1781 12 copper engr. mounted on hardboard with a total size of 129 x 145 cm (partially browned, dampstains, a few small missing parts, twisted! board and slightly used). Continental wall map of Asia based on 4 central sheets, plus borders, in a later state by Jean-Baptiste Crépy (1st ed.: 1740). Geographically, the map beautifully features the continent, including an allegorical cartouche, a geographical and a historical description in the lower decorative border, and 30 vignettes on Asian history rendering an interesting mix of biblical history of Asia Minor, the Tartarian invasion of China, the Crusades with the Sieges of Damietta and Jerusalem etc.
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