Imperium Japonicum Per Regiones Digestum Sex et Sexaginta Atque Ex Impsorum Japonensium Mappis…

Reference: S39544
Author Adriaan Reland
Year: 1715 ca.
Zone: Japan
Printed: Amsterdam
Measures: 605 x 500 mm
€1,900.00

Reference: S39544
Author Adriaan Reland
Year: 1715 ca.
Zone: Japan
Printed: Amsterdam
Measures: 605 x 500 mm
€1,900.00

Description

Fine example of the Reiner & Joshua Ottens issuesof the Adrian Reland's map of Japan, the first map to use Sino-Japanese characters on a European printed map and represents a radical departure from prior European maps of Japan.

First published in 1715 (Utrecht) with the imprint of Wilhelm Broedelet, the map was kater reprinted by the Ottens family. According with Jason Hubbard this is the fourth state, published around 1740 and showing the imprint "Amstelodami Apud R. & I. Ottens" at lower right.

Instead of following prior European maps and geographical sources, Reland utilized Japanese maps, most notably a map from the library or Benjamin Dutry, a former director of the Dutch VOC (East India Company). In some respects, this represented a tremendous leap forward in the geographical depiction of Japan, such as in the treatment of Kyushu and in naming the 66 provinces.

The map first appeared in 1715 in volume 3 of Jean Frederic Benard's Recuiel de voiages. It was thereafter reissued by Reland and Wilehm Broedelet in a larger format in 1715, for inclusion in folio atlases. The plates from the enlarged edition were purchased by Joachim Ottens in about 1720 and thereafter reissued under his name and later the names of his sons, Josua and Reiner. Large inset of the area around Nagasaki and an ornate dedication cartouche, with about 20 coats of arms.

Copperplate, a fine example with full original colour, very good condition.

Literature

Hubbard, The Mapping of Japan, p. 282, n. 68.5

Adriaan Reland

Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaen Reeland/Reelant, Hadrianus Relandus) (17 July 1676, De Rijp, North Holland – 5 February 1718, Utrecht) was a noted Dutch Orientalist scholar, cartographer and philologist. Even though he never left the Netherlands, he made significant contributions to Middle Eastern and Asian linguistics and cartography, including Persia, Japan and the Holy Lands.

Literature

Hubbard, The Mapping of Japan, p. 282, n. 68.5

Adriaan Reland

Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaen Reeland/Reelant, Hadrianus Relandus) (17 July 1676, De Rijp, North Holland – 5 February 1718, Utrecht) was a noted Dutch Orientalist scholar, cartographer and philologist. Even though he never left the Netherlands, he made significant contributions to Middle Eastern and Asian linguistics and cartography, including Persia, Japan and the Holy Lands.