Lot 162
China.- Nieuhoff (Jan) An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, first edition, 1669.
Hammer Price: £5,800
Description
China.- Nieuhoff (Jan) An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China... [with] an Epistle of Father John Adams. . . [and] Several Remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher. Englished. . . by John Ogilby, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, title printed in red and black, engraved additional title, portrait, double-page map, double-page plan and 17 plates, 121 engraved illustrations in text, engraved initials and head-pieces, with 2P2 but lacking e2 and final blanks, title a little soiled, many ff. torn at lower margin, Z1, 2Q1, 2Y2-2X2, 3E2 and 1 plate with longer tears running into text or image, 2F2 with repaired tear to head, occasional light browning, ink inscriptions to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing N1152], folio, by John Macock for the author, 1669.
⁂ Important account of the Dutch East India company's official visit to the Emperor Chun Chi in Peking in an attempt to persuade him to open up the Chinese ports to Dutch trade. The illustrations show town views, costume and natural history subjects and provided the European readership with significant and reliable information about the Chinese empire.
Provenance: James Taylor; Elzabeth Taylor (ink inscriptions).
Description
China.- Nieuhoff (Jan) An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China... [with] an Epistle of Father John Adams. . . [and] Several Remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher. Englished. . . by John Ogilby, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, title printed in red and black, engraved additional title, portrait, double-page map, double-page plan and 17 plates, 121 engraved illustrations in text, engraved initials and head-pieces, with 2P2 but lacking e2 and final blanks, title a little soiled, many ff. torn at lower margin, Z1, 2Q1, 2Y2-2X2, 3E2 and 1 plate with longer tears running into text or image, 2F2 with repaired tear to head, occasional light browning, ink inscriptions to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing N1152], folio, by John Macock for the author, 1669.
⁂ Important account of the Dutch East India company's official visit to the Emperor Chun Chi in Peking in an attempt to persuade him to open up the Chinese ports to Dutch trade. The illustrations show town views, costume and natural history subjects and provided the European readership with significant and reliable information about the Chinese empire.
Provenance: James Taylor; Elzabeth Taylor (ink inscriptions).
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