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846 - [ORTELIUS, Abraham] Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis nova descriptio. 1584 Engr., 36.9 x 47.4 cm, hand-colored (light traces of central fold, very lightly toned). First state of the first printed map of China, based on the manuscript map by the Portuguese cartographer Luiz Jorge de Barbuda (Ludovicus Georgius). From the 1584 Latin edition of his *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, the first edition to include this richly decorated map (text on the reverse, no pagination). Ref. Van den Broecke (2011) Ort164. - Karrow 1/152.
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[ORTELIUS, Abraham] Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis nova descriptio. 1584 Engr., 36.9 x 47.4 cm, hand-colored (light traces of central fold, very lightly toned). First state of the first printed map of China, based on the manuscript map by the Portuguese cartographer Luiz Jorge de Barbuda (Ludovicus Georgius). From the 1584 Latin edition of his *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, the first edition to include this richly decorated map (text on the reverse, no pagination). Ref. Van den Broecke (2011) Ort164. - Karrow 1/152.
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