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	NORTH AMERICA CANADA USA CARIBBEAN MAP ZATTA 1785 #C130 More nice copper maps of Zatta in our other auctions!			$127.5 Fb: 17178 (100.0%)	0m 31s~
	#Rb NORMANDY ENGLAND copper map VISSCHER 1660			$249.0 Fb: 15186 (99.9%)	0m 31s~
	GLOUCESTERSHIRE hand coloured original antique map 1837			£29.95 ($44.29) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	1m 28s~
	1870's Antique MAP of the UNITED STATES - GEOLOGICAL			$10.51 Fb: 21028 (100.0%)	2m 54s~
	#Rb BOURGOGNE FRANCE copper map HOMANN 1720			$149.0 Fb: 15186 (99.9%)	3m 31s~
	1860 MAP of CANADA WEST in Counties. By Mitchell.			$12.99 Fb: 6387 (100.0%)	3m 54s~
	DORSET hand coloured original antique map 1837			£29.95 ($44.29) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	4m 28s~
	1870's Antique MAP - MOUNTAINS & RIVERS of the WORLD			$22.72 Fb: 21028 (100.0%)	5m 19s~
	Potomac River Map Washington DC - 1864			$8.99 Fb: 66483 (99.7%)	6m 27s~
	#Rb BOURGOGNE FRANCE copper map L'ISLE 1742			$149.0 Fb: 15186 (99.9%)	6m 31s~
	1873 Antique MAP of the UNITED STATES - CLIMATOLOGY			$9.99 Fb: 21028 (100.0%)	7m 03s~
	ANTIQUE MAP- COTE D'OR -FRANCE- 1885			$32.5 Fb: 190 (97.6%)	7m 12s~
	DEVON hand coloured original antique map 1837			£29.95 ($44.29) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	7m 28s~
	Spokane WA Huge Panoramic Map 1905			$24.99 Fb: 66483 (99.7%)	8m 36s~
	#BÜ BELGIUM NETHERLANDS copper map SCHENK 1705			$209.0 Fb: 15186 (99.9%)	9m 31s~
	1873 Antique MAP of the UNITED STATES - ZOOLOGICAL			$9.99 Fb: 21028 (100.0%)	9m 33s~
	EASTERN STATES OF AMERICA,USA, Antique Map 1840			£29.95 ($44.29) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	10m 02s~
	DERBYSHIRE hand coloured original antique map 1837			£24.95 ($36.9) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	10m 28s~
	EUROPE IN 1815,TREATY OF VIENNA. Antique Map 1839			£19.95 ($29.5) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	11m 02s~
	1873 Antique MAP of the UNITED STATES - BOTANICAL			$9.99 Fb: 21028 (100.0%)	11m 04s~
	#CR WORLD MAP col. copper map ORTELIUS 1590			$750.0 Fb: 15186 (99.9%)	12m 31s~
	CUMBERLAND, CUMBRIA hand col. original antique map 1837			£24.95 ($36.9) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	13m 28s~
	AFRICA Hand Coloured Original Antique Map 1839			£29.95 ($44.29) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	14m 02s~
	PRUSSIA,POLAND, Hand Coloured Original Antique Map 1839			£29.95 ($44.29) Fb: 8203 (100.0%)	15m 02s~
	1764 Joseph Roux. Bay of Gulluk, Asia Minor, Turkey			$49.0 Fb: 936 (99.7%)	15m 05s~
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1699- KYOTO- IMPERIAL CITY PLAN- FABULOUS - VERY LARGE EXTREMELY RARE MAP BY HAYASHI- PRIOR TO THE GREAT FIRE (ship $0.0)

$11500.0 (PT)

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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 ...