Firsts Hong Kong is being revived this December

Formally the China in Print fair, Firsts have taken the Hong Kong international book fair under their umbrella for this coming December. It will be held in the Hong Kong Maritime Museum from 6 to 8 December.

Daniel Crouch Rare Books will be bringing the first and only Dutch edition of the first atlas of China made in Europe – Novus Atlas Sinensis from 1655 by Jean Blaeu, an exceptional work based on the travels of Father Martino Martini (1614-1661), a Jesuit missionary in China. We will also be bringing Cornelius De Jode’s rare circular map of China, China Regnum, from 1593, which shows the kingdom of China with some intriguing illustrations of East Asian life.

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