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Genuine Original Antique Maps of Asia, Asia Minor, Tartary, China, Japan, East India Islands, Korea, the Phillipines, etc.
Original antique maps of Asia and Asia Minor. We do NOT sell reproductions, these are guaranteed genuine antique maps. Sources and dates of publication are cited when known.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL IMAGES FOR AN ENLARGED VIEW. THE DIGITAL DARVILL'S WATERMARK IS NOT ON THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ANTIQUE PRINT.
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-0
l'Asie
Atlas Géographique des Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre...
published by Rigobert Bonne, Paris
(circa 1780)
Overall sheet size = approx. 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches (36 x 24.5 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 12 7/16 x 8 3/4 inches (31.7 x 22.3 cm)
Original copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper, over 235 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT
Mild edge/corner wear, browing at top edge
$175
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-1
Carte de l'Empire de La Chine, de la Tartare Chinoise, et du Royaume de Corée: avec les Isles du Japon
[Map of the Empire of China, Chinese Tartary, and the Kingdom of Korea: with the Islands of Japan]
Atlas Géographique des Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre...
published by Rigobert Bonne, Paris
(circa 1780)
Overall sheet size = approx. 9 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (24.5 x 36.5 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 8 5/16 x 12 5/8 inches (21 x 32 cm)
Original copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper, over 235 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT
Mild edge/corner wear
$175
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-1A
An Accurate Map of the East Indies from the Latest Improvements and Regulated by Astronomical Observations
Middleton's Geography
published by Middleton, London
(1790)
Overall sheet size = approx. 15 3/8 x 9 3/ inches (39 x 23.7 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 11 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (29 x 20 cm)
Original copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper, over 215 years old
Condition: EXCELLENT
Mild edge/corner wear and browning around edges
$125
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-2
Chart of Discoveries, made in 1787, in the Seas of China and Tartary, by the Bousole and Astrolabe, from their leaving Manilla, to their arrival at Kamtschatka
Sheet 1
The Voyage of La Pérouse Round the World in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, with the Nautical Tables...
published by G.G. & J. Robinson, London
(1798)
Overall sheet size = approx. 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (52 x 42 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 19 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (49.5 x 37.5 cm)
Original copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper, over 215 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT
Mild edge/corner wear and typical light age toning of paper around edges
$350
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-3
Chart of Discoveries, made in 1787, in the Seas of China and Tartary, by the Bousole and Astrolabe, from their leaving Manilla, to their arrival at Kamtschatka
Sheet 2
The Voyage of La Pérouse Round the World in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, with the Nautical Tables...
published by G.G. & J. Robinson, London
(1798)
Overall sheet size = approx. 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (52 x 42 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 19 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (49.5 x 37.5 cm)
Original copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper, over 215 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT
Mild edge/corner wear and typical light age toning of paper around edges, fox mark lower middle, old acidic sticky tape on BACK at lower fold split
$350
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-4
Asia
Ewing's General Atlas
published by Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh
(1817)
Overall sheet size = approx. 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches (28.5 x 22.4 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/4 inches (22 x 18.5 cm)
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper, over 200 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: VERY GOOD
Overall age-toned paper, edge/corner wear, margins slightly rumpled and lightly soiled
$40
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-4AB
Asia
A Complete Course of Geography by Means of Instructive Games, invented by The Abbé Gaultier
Printed for John Harris and Son, London
(1821 stated on title page; 1823-1826 paper watermarks)
Overall sheet size = approx. 18 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (47.6 x 40 cm) with center fold, as issued
Image size (to map's neatline or edge of image) = approx. 17 x 13 1/2 inches (43 x 34 cm)
Original copperplate engraving with hand-colored outlines • nearly 200 years old
NOTE: TWO MAPS ARE INCLUDED; ONE WAS MEANT AS THE "EXEMPLAR" AND THE SECOND WAS MEANT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE STUDENT OF GEOGRAPHY
Condition: GOOD – typical browning and foxing of paper and edge and corner wear and tears. Old acidic tape "repair" at bottom fold of map on left. Damp stains top margin of map on right. Sold "as is"
$95
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-5
Asia
The Royal Illustrated Atlas, Of Modern Geography With An Introductory Notice By Dr. N. Shaw, Secretary To The Royal Geographical Society
A. Fullarton And Co., London And Edinburgh
(1860)
Overall sheet size = approx. 23 1/2 x 19 inches (59.7 x 48.2 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 21 X 16 1/4 inches (53.3 x 52.5 cm)
Original color lithograph with some hand color, over 155 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – typical light browning of paper on outer edges
$65
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-6
Asia Minor
Maps of the World
published by E.P. Williams, Eton and London
(1841)
Overall sheet size = approx. 13 5/8 x 10 11/16 inches (34.5 x 27.5 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 12 7/16 x 9 7/16 inches (31.5 x 24 cm)
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper, over 165 years old
Condition: EXCELLENT
light age toning, a few stray light fox marks
$45
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-7
Asia Minor and the Adjacent Countries
A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford
Published by William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New York.
(1835)
Overall sheet size = approx. 12 3/4 x 10 inches (32 x 25cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 10 1/16 x 7 3/4 inches (25.5 x 19.6 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, over 180 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges, some foxing upper right margin
$45
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-8
Asia Minor Antiqua
Chamber's Atlas for the People
Published by W & R Chambers, London & Edinburgh
(1855)
Overall sheet size = approx. 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (31.2 x 23.2 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 10 11/16 x 8 1/2 inches (27 x 21.5 cm)
Original engraving with both lithographed color and hand-colored outlines, over 160 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges
$45
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-9
Scythia et Tartaria Asiatica
Philippi Cluverii Introductio in Universam Geographum
Published by Jannem Wolters, Amsterdam
(1697)
Overall sheet size = approx. 11 9/16 x 9 3/16 inches (29.5 x 23.1 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 10 1/16 x 8 3/16 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm)
Original copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper with hand-coloring over 320 years old • with folds, as issued
Condition: GOOD – age-appropriate toning of paper, original water color smudge upper right, unobtrusive small hole in lower left quadrant
$125
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-10
Tartary
Ellis's General Atlas of the World
Published by G. Ellis, Westminster
(1811)
Overall sheet size = approx. 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (33.6 x 26.5 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 11 x 9 1/8 inches (28 x 23 cm)
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving over 205 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD – age-appropriate toning of paper, margins a little soiled, light foxing upper left of image
$50
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-11
Tartary
Oddy's General Atlas of the World
Published by S.A. Oddy, London
(1811)
Overall sheet size = approx. 15 5/8 x 10 1/16 inches (39.5 x 25.5 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 10 7/8 x 9 inches (27.7 x 19.6 cm)
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving over 205 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT – age-appropriate toning of paper, margins lightly soiled
$45
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-12
The Islands of the East Indies with the Channels between India, China & New Holland
Wilkinson's General Atlas of the World
Published by Robert Wilkinson, Cornhill
(1809)
Overall sheet size = approx. 13 7/16 x 10 1/2 inches (34.1 x 26.7 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 11 1/16 x 8 11/16 inches (28 x 19.6 cm)
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving over 210 years old
Condition: EXCELLENT – light age-appropriate toning of paper
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-13
East India Islands
Published by William Darton, at the Repertory of Genius, London
(1817)
Overall sheet size = approx. 10 x 8 1/8 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 9 5/8 x 7 7/16 inches (24.3 x 19.6 cm)
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving over 200 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – light age-appropriate toning of paper
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-14
East India Islands
General Atlas
Published by William Home Lizars, London
(1825)
Overall sheet size = approx. 12 1/16 x 9 7/16 inches (25.5 x 24 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 9 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23.6 x 19.6 cm)
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving over 190 years old
Condition: FAIR to GOOD – slightly rumpled, soft crease lower left
$25
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REF: ASIA-15
East India Islands
A New General Atlas, being a Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters...
Published by Thomas Johnson, Manchester
(1848)
Overall sheet size = approx. 15 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (39.3 x 34.2 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 13 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (28 x 19.6 cm)
Original hand-colored copperplate engraving over 170 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD – light age-appropriate toning of paper, some edge and corner wear and short tears around edges
$65
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-16
The Indian Archipelago
The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Compiled and Engraved from the most Authentic sources, under the supervision of W.G. Blackie
Published by Blackie & Son, Edinburgh & London
(1860)
Overall sheet size = approx. 21 1/2 x 15 inches (54.6 x 38.2 cm)
Original color lithograph with hand-colored outlines, over 155 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges
$65
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-17
The Indian Archipelago
The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Compiled and Engraved from the most Authentic sources, under the supervision of W.G. Blackie
Published by Blackie & Son, Edinburgh & London
(1882)
Overall sheet size = approx. 22 x 15 inches (56 x 38.2 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 18 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (47 x 34 cm)
Original color lithograph, over 135 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-18
S.E. Peninsula & Malaysia
The National Atlas of Historical, Commercial & Political Geography
Published by Alexander Keith Johnston, F.R.G.S., Edinburgh
(1849)
Overall sheet size = approx. 23 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (59 x 52 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 23 3/4 X 19 5/8 inches (60.3 x 50 cm)
Original color lithograph/engraving, over 170 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-19
S.E. Peninsula & Malaysia
The National Atlas of Historical, Commercial & Political Geography
Published by Alexander Keith Johnston, F.R.G.S., Edinburgh
(1850)
Overall sheet size = approx. 23 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (59 x 52 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 23 3/4 X 19 5/8 inches (60.3 x 50 cm)
Original color lithograph/engraving, over 165 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges
$65
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-20
Farther India or Chin India, and N.W. Oceanica or Malaysia
A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford
Published by William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New York.
(1835)
Overall sheet size = approx. 12 3/4 x 10 inches (32 x 25cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 10 1/16 x 7 3/4 inches (25.5 x 19.65 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, over 180 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges, some light foxing
$45
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REF: ASIA-21
Siberia & Central Asia
A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford
Published by William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New York.
(1835)
Overall sheet size = approx. 12 3/4 x 10 inches (32 x 25cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 10 1/16 x 7 3/4 inches (25.5 x 19.65 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, over 180 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges, some light foxing
$45
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-22
Southern Asia
A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford
Published by William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New York.
(1835)
Overall sheet size = approx. 12 3/4 x 10 inches (32 x 25cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 10 1/16 x 7 3/4 inches (25.5 x 19.65 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, over 180 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges, some light foxing
$50
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-23
Northern Asia
A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford
Published by William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New York.
(1835)
Overall sheet size = approx. 12 3/4 x 10 inches (32 x 25 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 10 1/16 x 7 3/4 inches (25.5 x 19.65 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, over 180 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges, some light foxing, crease upper right corner outside of image area
$50
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-24A
China and Japan
A New General Atlas of the World
Published by Henry Teesdale & Co, London
(1843)
Overall sheet size = approx. 18 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (47.6 x 38.7 cm)
Image size (to map's neatline) = approx. 17 1/4 x 13 3/8 inches (43.5 x 34 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, 175 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: VERY GOOD
light age toning, old acidic tape used at bottom of fold on BACK, showing through slightly to front at top, dog-ear crease upper right corner
$85
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-24B
Birman Empire & Countries South East of the Ganges
A New General Atlas of the World
Published by Henry Teesdale & Co, London
(1843)
Overall sheet size = approx. 15 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches (38.7 x 47.6 cm)
Image size (to map's neatline) = approx. 13 3/8 x 16 7/16 inches (41.8 x 34 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, 175 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT
light age toning
$85
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-24
Japan
McPhun's Maps of the World
(1863)
Overall sheet size = approx. 16 1/2 x 14 inches (42 x 35.5 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 14 x 11 1/4 inches (35.5 x 28.5 cm)
Color lithograph with hand-colored outlines, over 155 years old
Condition: VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT – a couple of light fox marks in margin
$60
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REF: ASIA-25
Sumatra / Java / The Indian Ocean
The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Compiled and Engraved from the most Authentic sources, under the supervision of W.G. Blackie
Published by Blackie & Son, Edinburgh & London
(1860)
Overall sheet size = approx. 21 1/2 x 15 inches (54.6 x 38.2 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, over 155 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges
$65
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-26
Burmah, Siam and Anam / Japan
The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Compiled and Engraved from the most Authentic sources, under the supervision of W.G. Blackie
Published by Blackie & Son, Edinburgh & London
(1882)
Overall sheet size = approx. 21 1/2 x 15 inches (54.6 x 38.2 cm)
Image size (to each map's neat line) = approx. 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (26.6 x 32.4 cm)
Original engraving with hand-colored outlines, over 135 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges
$65
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-27
Persia and Cabool
The National Atlas of Historical, Commercial & Political Geography
Published by Alexander Keith Johnston, F.R.G.S., Edinburgh
(1850)
Overall sheet size = approx. 23 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (59 x 52 cm)
Image size (to map's neat line) = approx. 23 3/4 X 19 5/8 inches (60.3 x 50 cm)
Original color lithograph/engraving, over 170 years old • with center fold, as issued
Condition: EXCELLENT – mild edge and corner wear and age-appropriate light toning of paper around edges
$65
Please click on above image for an enlarged view. The digital Darvill's watermark does not appear on the antique map.
REF: ASIA-28
The Isthmus of Caucasus, and Armenia
The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Compiled and Engraved from the most Authentic sources, under the supervision of W.G. Blackie
Published by Blackie & Son, Edinburgh & London
(1860)
Overall sheet size = approx. 21 1/2 x 15 inches (54.6 x 38.2 cm)
