A57/047
Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772)
Jacobus van der Schley (1715-1779)
MAP OF CHINA
1748 Colored copperplate on paper, 310x405 mm, marked lower left „G. v. Schley direx.“ and by the lower edge „ t Keizerryk van China, om te dienen tot de Historische Beschryving der Reizen, door N. Bellin, Ingenieur des Franssen Zeevaards, 1748.“. Cartouches in three corners with explanatory notes and inscription „L`Empire de la Chine pour servir a l`Histoire generale des Voyages par N. Bellin Ing. ord. de la Marine 1748“. Mounted. mounted.