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NIEUHOFF, Jan. Legationio Batavica ad Magnum Tartariae Chamum Sungteium Sinae Imperatorem. Amsterdam: Jan van Meurs, 1668.
2° (311 x 196 mm). Title with engraved vignette; engraved additional title (present twice here, one a bit frayed), folding map, 33 (of 35) double-page plates, 109 half-page illustrations (lacking two folding plates and the portrait of Jean-Baptise Colbert found in some copies, some occasional spotting and light browning). Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance: early initials “AB” on printed title.
FIRST EDITION IN LATIN. The Dutch edition had appeared three years earlier. Nieuhoff accompanied Pieter van Goyer and Jakob de Keyser on the largely unsuccessful embassy on behalf of the Dutch East India Company. Setting out from Batavia, they arrived at Canton 17 March 1656, and were in Nanking by July 17th. Chinese bureaucracy, court etiquette and the opposition of the Jesuits all conspired to prevent any major concessions being granted. They returned to Batavia on 31 March 1657. In 1672 Nieuhoff disappeared whilst on a trading mission in Madagascar. Brunet IV.77.
2° (311 x 196 mm). Title with engraved vignette; engraved additional title (present twice here, one a bit frayed), folding map, 33 (of 35) double-page plates, 109 half-page illustrations (lacking two folding plates and the portrait of Jean-Baptise Colbert found in some copies, some occasional spotting and light browning). Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance: early initials “AB” on printed title.
FIRST EDITION IN LATIN. The Dutch edition had appeared three years earlier. Nieuhoff accompanied Pieter van Goyer and Jakob de Keyser on the largely unsuccessful embassy on behalf of the Dutch East India Company. Setting out from Batavia, they arrived at Canton 17 March 1656, and were in Nanking by July 17th. Chinese bureaucracy, court etiquette and the opposition of the Jesuits all conspired to prevent any major concessions being granted. They returned to Batavia on 31 March 1657. In 1672 Nieuhoff disappeared whilst on a trading mission in Madagascar. Brunet IV.77.