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TAIWANT -- A collection of five Dutch pamphlets in one volume. Amsterdam: 1656-1677.
1. C. E. S. 't verwaerloosde Formosa of waerachtig verhael, hoedanigh door verwaerloosinge der Nederlanders in Oost-Indien, het Eylant Formosa, van den Chinesen Mandoryn, ende Zeerover Coxinja, overrompelt, vermeestert, ende ontweldight is geworden. Amsterdam: Jan Claesz. ten Hoorn and Michiel Pieters, 1675. 3 parts. Collation: *4, A-F4, Aa-Ii4, A-E4. Engraved title (*1), letterpress title and section-title to part II, 7 engraved plates including 1 folding.
2. Adriaen van der DONCK. Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant . . . Daer noch by-gevoeght is een discours over de gelegentheyt van Nieuw-Nederlandt, tusschen een Nederlandts Patriot, ende een Nieuw Nederlander. Amsterdam: Evert Nieuwenhof, 1656. Title and dedication with woodcut coats-of-arms, woodcut initial letters. (Lacking map, library labels obliterated by ink stains affecting last two leaves, with later overlabels, some dampstaining.) Second edition. Howes D-419; Sabin 20594.
3. Gerret VERMEULEN. De gedenkwaerdige Voyagie van Gerret Vermeulen naar Oost-Indien, in't jaar 1668. Amsterdam: Jan Claesz. ten Hoorn, 1677. Collation: A-L4, M2. Engraved frontispiece, letterpress title (with ink stain and library labels affecting A1), 6 engraved illustrations. (Some dampstains.)
4. Augustin BEAULIEU. De Rampspoedige scheepvaart der Franschen naar Oostindien, onder 't beleit van de Heer Generaal Augustyn van Beaulieu, met drie schepen, uit Normandyen. Translated from the French by J. H. Glazemaker. Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz and Pieter Arentsz, 1669. Collation: *2, A-X4, Y2. 7 engraved plates. (Occasional light dampstains.)
5. Jacques de BOURGES. Naaukeurig verhaal van de reis des Bisschops van Beryte uit Frankryk te lant en ter zee naar China. Translated from the French by J. H. Glazemaker. Amsterdam: for Abraham Wolfgang, 1669. Collation: A-P4, Q1-3. Title with woodcut printer's device, 8 engraved illustrations. (M1 torn, lacking Q4 (?blank), some dampstains, mainly marginal.)
5 works in 1 volume, 4° (193 x 144mm). Old vellum (front joint slightly split, soiled).
A rare collection of Dutch pamphlets on explorations in America, Taiwan, mainland China and the East Indies. Although new routes to the Far East had evolved by the end of the 16th century, China remained largely a closed book to European travellers until the establishment of the Jesuit mission at Peking in 1601. Dutch traders were responsible for two of the three major missions to explore China in the 1650s and 1660s, adding considerably to the knowledge gained by the missionaries. The early Dutch translation of Jacques de Bourges' work is particularly rare: the British Library catalogue lists only a 1683 edition. The first French description of the voyage was published in 1666.
The account of the New Netherlands by van der Donck "possesses an interest beyond its rarity, being the relation of an educated man regarding the Indians of the island and the neighbourhood of New York" Church, 535 (first edition). Van der Donck arrived in New Amsterdam in 1642 and served as sheriff of the colony of Rennselaerswyck; Howes describes him as "New York's first lawyer".
1. C. E. S. 't verwaerloosde Formosa of waerachtig verhael, hoedanigh door verwaerloosinge der Nederlanders in Oost-Indien, het Eylant Formosa, van den Chinesen Mandoryn, ende Zeerover Coxinja, overrompelt, vermeestert, ende ontweldight is geworden. Amsterdam: Jan Claesz. ten Hoorn and Michiel Pieters, 1675. 3 parts. Collation: *4, A-F4, Aa-Ii4, A-E4. Engraved title (*1), letterpress title and section-title to part II, 7 engraved plates including 1 folding.
2. Adriaen van der DONCK. Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant . . . Daer noch by-gevoeght is een discours over de gelegentheyt van Nieuw-Nederlandt, tusschen een Nederlandts Patriot, ende een Nieuw Nederlander. Amsterdam: Evert Nieuwenhof, 1656. Title and dedication with woodcut coats-of-arms, woodcut initial letters. (Lacking map, library labels obliterated by ink stains affecting last two leaves, with later overlabels, some dampstaining.) Second edition. Howes D-419; Sabin 20594.
3. Gerret VERMEULEN. De gedenkwaerdige Voyagie van Gerret Vermeulen naar Oost-Indien, in't jaar 1668. Amsterdam: Jan Claesz. ten Hoorn, 1677. Collation: A-L4, M2. Engraved frontispiece, letterpress title (with ink stain and library labels affecting A1), 6 engraved illustrations. (Some dampstains.)
4. Augustin BEAULIEU. De Rampspoedige scheepvaart der Franschen naar Oostindien, onder 't beleit van de Heer Generaal Augustyn van Beaulieu, met drie schepen, uit Normandyen. Translated from the French by J. H. Glazemaker. Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz and Pieter Arentsz, 1669. Collation: *2, A-X4, Y2. 7 engraved plates. (Occasional light dampstains.)
5. Jacques de BOURGES. Naaukeurig verhaal van de reis des Bisschops van Beryte uit Frankryk te lant en ter zee naar China. Translated from the French by J. H. Glazemaker. Amsterdam: for Abraham Wolfgang, 1669. Collation: A-P4, Q1-3. Title with woodcut printer's device, 8 engraved illustrations. (M1 torn, lacking Q4 (?blank), some dampstains, mainly marginal.)
5 works in 1 volume, 4° (193 x 144mm). Old vellum (front joint slightly split, soiled).
A rare collection of Dutch pamphlets on explorations in America, Taiwan, mainland China and the East Indies. Although new routes to the Far East had evolved by the end of the 16th century, China remained largely a closed book to European travellers until the establishment of the Jesuit mission at Peking in 1601. Dutch traders were responsible for two of the three major missions to explore China in the 1650s and 1660s, adding considerably to the knowledge gained by the missionaries. The early Dutch translation of Jacques de Bourges' work is particularly rare: the British Library catalogue lists only a 1683 edition. The first French description of the voyage was published in 1666.
The account of the New Netherlands by van der Donck "possesses an interest beyond its rarity, being the relation of an educated man regarding the Indians of the island and the neighbourhood of New York" Church, 535 (first edition). Van der Donck arrived in New Amsterdam in 1642 and served as sheriff of the colony of Rennselaerswyck; Howes describes him as "New York's first lawyer".