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  Exceptionally rare second edition of Ye Zipei’s complete map of the world, one of only two known copies produced by terrestrial globe expert Liu Yan

  YAN, Liu (Liu Dezhi). [Ye Zipei].

  Complete Map of the World with All Nations.

  China: Wanguo Dadi Quantu, 1851 [Xianfeng period].

  Exceptionally rare second edition of Ye Zipei’s complete map of the world, one of only two known copies produced by terrestrial globe expert Liu Yan. The terrestrial map is comprised of six accordion-style albums bound in handmade paper with white titular labels lettered in hand to each front panel. A woodblock print in red and black ink, the map features two hemispheres defined by straight meridian and circular parallel lines and a ground of red grids. The left hemisphere centers on the south pole, while the right one on the north pole; both are bordered by the equator, adopting the modern mapping techniques of conic equidistant projection and geographic coordinates. The map includes rivers, mountains, and geometrical shapes representing administrative units, annotated with place names in Chinese. Texts on the four sides include information of countries and places. An inscription from Ye Zipei’s original version of the map is preserved and printed at the upper left corner, including texts by Ye Zipei himself, his brother Ye Yunshi, collector Tan Jing and Yu Hao. The map contains two inscriptions by Liu Yan in 1851, one next to Ye Zipei’s inscription and the other at the lower left corner. Liu Yan, the producer of this map, was an expert of terrestrial globe making and a st...

  Price: $30,000.00     Item Number: 131424

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