Live auction - Lot 530
[Manuscript map - China]
5 missionary maps of China.
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Mid 20th c
Drawings, Chinese ink, watercolour, paper, c. 58/76 x 74/100 cm (sm. marg. pinholes, few light brown spots, light soiling in lower right corner of 1 map, 3 maps with large vignette pasted on).
1 general map and 4 particular maps of Catholic missions of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, also known as the Scheut Missionaries. Maps of the vicariates of East Mongolia (Jehol), Tchagar (Xiwanzi), Tatung (Datong) and Soei-Yuan (Suiyuan).
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