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c1745 CITY PLAN of BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS a large and beautiful city in the Dutchy ofBRABANT subject to the Queen of Hungary, andthe Seat of Her Chief Governor for these parts.
for Mr. Tindal s Continuation of Mr. Rapin sHistory of England.
Map Area: 39 x 48cm (15½ x 19 ).
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18thc. copperplate engraved city plan, engraved by J. Basire; published in London.With an Index to Places, lower right.BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED with canals, churches, palaces, public buildings and even the location of various food markets (milk, cheese, veal, hog etc.).An ACCURATE and STUNNING piece of history!Fine old paper. Top and bottom margins are cropped close. Overall condition is very good.
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EXTREMELY RARE MAP
OF THE IMPERIAL CITY OF JAPAN
KYOTO
PRINTED 1699 (or before)
BY
Yoshinaga Hayashi
VERY LARGE CITY PLAN PRINTED PRIOR TO THE GREAT FIRE OF 1788
Size (unfolded): about 160 x 120 cm (or about 63 x 47 inches), folds to 24 x 16 cm.
Details: Original hand-coloured woodblock, original blue wrappers with title in Japanese. Printed on native paper.
Condition: Overall very good condition with minor foxing, binding rubbed, other insignificant defects. Old handwritten annotation on the binding stating “Miaco” and crossing “Edo” (please see photos).
Fantastic map of Kyoto, Imperial capital of Japan and the Imperial Family’s residence until 1868. The city was ravaged and destroyed by a great fire in 1788.
This city plan of Kyoto (or Miaco) was printed by Yoshinaga Hayashi in 1699 (or some years before). The first known city plan of Kyoto dates from around 1674. It is particularly interesting for its great detail of the shrines, temples, palaces, principal roads, bridges, and others. It was also used as a guide for tourists or visitors to locate the 250 Shinto shrines and 1600 Buddhist temples.
Hayashi started publishing maps in the late 17th century, namely a map of Tokyo (Edo) in 1680. It continued printing maps until the middle of the 18th century.
Yoshinaga Hayashi was a leading map publisher. The publisher productions are regarded as the finest examples of Japanese cartography of the period. Early maps of Kyoto (prior to ...
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