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Paradigma XV Provinciarum et CLV Urbium Capitalium Sinensis Imperij .

réf. 10921Paris: 1686. No binding. Very Good. FIRST STATE. 290 x 215 mm. laid on contemporary cloth with mint silk edges and two loops above to suspend it from in excellent condition. FIRST STATE. This very rare map of China is by Philippe Couplet 1622-93 a Flemish Jesuit father born in Mechelen. He arrived in China in 1658 and remained until 1681 when he returned. It was included in his work entitled 'Tabula Chronologica Monarchiae Sinicae' published in Paris 1686. The work is a chronological table of the Chinese monarchy from 2952 BC to publication. The first date causing much debate amongst religious circles in Europe. A second issue occurred the following year in another book by Couplet the first publication of the work of Confucious in Europe. The title of the map translates as a plan of the 15 provinces and 155 cities of the Chinese Empire. The cartography is derived from the earlier Jesuit maps of Martino Martini 1655 Athanasius Kircher 1667. The text below the map lists for each province the key cities settlements quantity of 'families' temples and missionaries. It concludes with a total stating that the number of families are 10128789 with 58916783 living in the capitals. It highlights the extent of Jesuit influence in China at the time. Churches are indicated by a cross. It hints at expansion into southeast Asia and the region of Tumkim Tonkin. It extends to the Philippines Taiwan and the whole of the Korean peninsula. The Great Wall extends across the north. This example is separately published includes the text and is finely edged in silk including two loops for hanging. The map was published by Jean-Baptiste Nolin. In 1688 Nolin left the Rue Saint Jacques the traditional quarter for engravers and moved to the Quai Horloge where the sellers of maps prints and books were centred. Its publication in 1687 in the work of Confucious already reflected this change in the imprint and extended text below the map. The map is engraved by François de Louvemont 1648-c.1690. Caboara 2022 no. 92; Cordier 1878-95 559; Lust 1987 n0. 394; Pastoureau 1984 p. 357; Tooley's Dictionary 1999-2004. 1686 unknown

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