Antique Print-GENEALOGY-EMPEROR-IMPERIAL DYNASTY-CHINA-Chatelain-1732

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Antique print, titled: 'Succession des empereurs de la Chine divisee en XXII familles' - ('Chart of the succession of Chinese emperors divided into 22 families'). A genealogical tree of the Chinese imperial dynasties. Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Description: This print/map originates from: "Atlas Historique." (Historic Atlas.), Published by Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1732. Published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, (2nd edition in 1732). The maps were accompanied by information on cosmography, geography, history, genealogy, heraldry, and costumes of the world. The maps in the Atlas Historique were mainly based on those of the French cartographer, Guillaume De L'Isle, but were presented by Chatelain in an encyclopaedic form. Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Henri Abraham Chatelain'. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication. Condition: Excellent, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. Faint creasing in the top right and left margin corners. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: (TPCRC) E32-21 The overall size is ca. 22.9 x 19 inch. The image size is ca. 21.5 x 17.6 inch. The overall size is ca. 58.2 x 48.3 cm. The image size is ca. 54.5 x 44.6 cm. N° de réf. du vendeur 50537

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