Map--Dorn, Frank

FIRST EDITION, small 4to (175 x 130mm.), large colour lithographed map of Peking (865 x 755mm.) in pocket, publisher's printed wrappers, with envelope, minor repairs to verso of map, with occasional minor splits, some loss and wear to envelope

Pegg, Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps pp.54-55 

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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THE RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THIS HIGHLY VISUAL MAP OF BEIJING, showing the principal sites and occupations of the inhabitants, within a pictographic border showing Chinese history. The whole map is crowded with amusing vignettes of the life and sights of the city.