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JAN NIEUHOFF (1640-1672) AND JOHN OGILBY (1600-1676), translator
An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China. London: by the Author, 1673. 2° (416 x 258mm). Engraved frontispiece title, letterpress title in red and black, double-page map, double-page plan, 17 engraved plates, 121 engravings in the text, engraved and woodcut initials and head-pieces. (Very occasional light spotting, a very few small rust spots, tear without loss in 5A1.) Contemporary reversed calf, panelled in blind with thick border of alternating thistle, fleur-de-lys, rose and crown, marbled edges (rebacked preserving the original red morocco label, hinges repaired, lower free endpaper torn without loss), modern morocco backed cloth box. Provenance: ?Hindlater (17th-century title inscription).
Second edition in English of Nieuhoff's definitive account of the Dutch embassy to Peking. The Dutch East India Company was keen to persuade the Emperor to open up the Chinese ports to the Dutch and Nieuhoff joined Pieter van Goyer and Jacob de Keyser on the mission to visit the Emperor Chun-Chi. The work includes many incidental remarks on the manners and customs of the Chinese, together with a second part comprising a general description of the Chinese Empire. The fine plates and illustrations show town views in China, Tibet and Tartary, together with subjects such as costume and natural history. Ogilby's translation, first published in 1669, includes excerpts from Kircher's China monumentis (1667). Cordier Sinica 2347; cf. Landwehr 543; Lust 536; Wing N-1153.
An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China. London: by the Author, 1673. 2° (416 x 258mm). Engraved frontispiece title, letterpress title in red and black, double-page map, double-page plan, 17 engraved plates, 121 engravings in the text, engraved and woodcut initials and head-pieces. (Very occasional light spotting, a very few small rust spots, tear without loss in 5A1.) Contemporary reversed calf, panelled in blind with thick border of alternating thistle, fleur-de-lys, rose and crown, marbled edges (rebacked preserving the original red morocco label, hinges repaired, lower free endpaper torn without loss), modern morocco backed cloth box. Provenance: ?Hindlater (17th-century title inscription).
Second edition in English of Nieuhoff's definitive account of the Dutch embassy to Peking. The Dutch East India Company was keen to persuade the Emperor to open up the Chinese ports to the Dutch and Nieuhoff joined Pieter van Goyer and Jacob de Keyser on the mission to visit the Emperor Chun-Chi. The work includes many incidental remarks on the manners and customs of the Chinese, together with a second part comprising a general description of the Chinese Empire. The fine plates and illustrations show town views in China, Tibet and Tartary, together with subjects such as costume and natural history. Ogilby's translation, first published in 1669, includes excerpts from Kircher's China monumentis (1667). Cordier Sinica 2347; cf. Landwehr 543; Lust 536; Wing N-1153.
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