Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

100 c   ( JAPAN.) Edo. Color woodblock folding map of Edo (Tokyo) on 3 sheets joined. 23x28 1 / 2 inches overall (including lower overlay extension), folding into embossed brown paper self-wrappers with printed paper label; overall quite nice. Japan, circa 1840 [1,000/1,500] 101 c   ( JAPAN.) Janssonius, Johannes. Iaponiae Nova Descriptio. Double-page engraved map of Japan and Korea as an island. 14 1 / 2 x18 1 / 2 inches sheet size, ample margins, Latin text on verso; original hand-color in outline; light age toning, areas on verso strengthened to stabilize oxidation of green pigments, text on verso slightly shaved. Amsterdam, circa 1645 [500/750] 102 c   ( JAPAN.) Mercator, Gerard; and Hondius, Jodocus. Japonia. Hand-colored double- page engraved map of Japan and Korea as an island. 16x20 1 / 2 inches sheet size, wide margins, French text on verso; light dampstaining and occasional small edge tear, upper margin slightly trimmed affecting header of text on verso. Amsterdam, 1606 or later [200/300] 100