Map of Qing China

[Map of the Unified Qing Dynasty]. Japan, Edo period, 1835.
Very attractive Japanese woodblock map of Qing China.
Color woodblock circular map of Qing China, ink and color printed on paper, 665 x 625 mm, folding into paper covers, 220 x 160 mm. Title in cartouche at the top of the hemisphere. India, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, Philippine and some other countries are also included in the map surrounding China, most with colors. Inscription along the upper border of the sheet, authors names at the lower left corner, a collector’s seal at the lower right corner. (Three small holes near center, covers rubbed with some staining.)
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