Legatio Batavica Ad Magnum Tartariae Chamum Sungteium, Modernum Sinae Imperatorem.
Amsterdam: Apud Jacobum Meursium. 1668. Binding: Recent full cloth over boards, title in gilt on flat spine., Notes: This important work details the voyage made to Beijing by Nieuhoff and a team of contemporary scientists, in order to study the country as well as negotiate trade. Nieuhoff was the chronicler of the Dutch embassy in China, making this book a wonderful first-hand source of the history of Dutch trade in the Far East, as well as a detailed description of 17th century China.
Johan Nieuhoff (Uelsen – 1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 kilometers from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China. He wrote An embassy from the East-India Company containing the written account of this journey.
, Size: Large quarto (310 x 195 m, Illustration: Illustrated with an engraved title page, a frontispiece of the author, decorative headpieces and tailpieces, 31 fine double page copper plates, 109 in-text engravings, depicting cities, plant and animal life around China. , Volume: 2 volumes in one., Provenance: Ex-Libris of The Explorers Club no. 6629; Presented by James B. Ford., Pages: P. Blank, frontispiece, engraved title page, blank, title page, dedications (3 leaves), publishers note, preface, 1-184, 1-172, index (4 leaves)., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Asia Far East. This example lacks the folding map of China, also missing are 4 double page plates, otherwise a good clean copy.
. Item #B6487
Binding: Recent full cloth over boards, title in gilt on flat spine., Notes: This important work details the voyage made to Beijing by Nieuhoff and a team of contemporary scientists, in order to study the country as well as negotiate trade. Nieuhoff was the chronicler of the Dutch embassy in China, making this book a wonderful first-hand source of the history of Dutch trade in the Far East, as well as a detailed description of 17th century China.
Johan Nieuhoff (Uelsen – 1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 kilometers from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China. He wrote An embassy from the East-India Company containing the written account of this journey.
, Size: Large quarto (310 x 195 m, Illustration: Illustrated with an engraved title page, a frontispiece of the author, decorative headpieces and tailpieces, 31 fine double page copper plates, 109 in-text engravings, depicting cities, plant and animal life around China. , Volume: 2 volumes in one., Provenance: Ex-Libris of The Explorers Club no. 6629; Presented by James B. Ford., Pages: P. Blank, frontispiece, engraved title page, blank, title page, dedications (3 leaves), publishers note, preface, 1-184, 1-172, index (4 leaves)., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Asia Far East.
Price: $3,000.00