Rare and important map of China, Formosa and Korea issued in 1714 in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa. The map is of medium size and is famous for its decorative and spectacular title cartouche and improved geography of the area.

Pristine copy, from a de luxe plano binding (ie. bound with no centrefold). Stunning original colour.

Records show that van der Aa, born in Leiden in 1659, made an early start in life by being apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of nine and starting his own in business as a book publisher by the time he was twenty-three.

During the following fifty years he published an enormous amount of material including atlases and illustrated works in every shape and size, two of them consisting of no less than 27 and 28 volumes containing over 3,000 maps and plates.

(Moreland & Bannister).

Antique maps of China
Antique maps of Korea
Old books, maps and prints by Pieter van der Aa