Description:
First German edition with 39 superb engravings in vigorous impressions. Rare German edition. Description: 3 parts in 1 vol. Contemporary vellum, spine lettered in ink. Quarto: 31 × 20 cm; pp. [4] ll; 206, [1] ll; 209-336; 76, [2] ll; 164, [4] ll. Internally illustrated with a engraved titel page, 39 engravings on 38 plates of which 27 double-page and 5 fold-outs. Additionally 55 text engravings.
Ref.: VD17 7:692863P; SUB Göttingen PPN615812651
Condition: Binding lightly soiled, endpapers lightly worn and text block occasionally lightly stained. Missing the plates 'Keyserthums Sinae Land-Karte', 'Abgötts Vitek oder Ninifo' and 'Der Grund-Rissen von der Mandarynen hoch- und niedrigen Standes Wohnungen und Pallästen'. Else a very good copy.
Notes: Between 1656 and 1664, the Dutch East India Company sent three legations to the imperial court in Beijing. Their economic success was modest, but the travel reports of Jan Nieuhof (Het Gezandtschap, 1665) and Olfert Dapper (1636–1689) from the second and… Read More