Original engraved map of China(65.5 x 84 cm.) with contemporary outline hand-colour, sectionalised and laid onto linen, folding into publisher's original decorative blue cloth slip-case (22 x 14.5 cm) stamped in blind with floral patterns and title label to upper cover, publisher's adverts to verso, small paper label to spine. Some trivial toning and light offsetting, generally a very good copy of an attractive map in an especially beautiful decorative slipcase. With a key showing the area in square miles and population of each major city; a further note reads: "The length of the Great Wall is 1500 Miles, its height on the Hills is 20 feet, in the Valleys 30 ft. The length of the Great Imperial, or Treasure Canal, is 600 Miles. 170,000 Men were employed in its construction.". Seller Inventory # 61964

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Title: Map of China. Compiled from original Surveys...

Publisher: LondonPublished by James Wyld Geographer to the Queen Charing Cross East March 14th .

Publication Date: 1840

Binding: Hardcover

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