Lot pagina - Van De Wiele Auctions

Het gezandtschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen, Keizer van China... Gevolgd door: Gedenkwaerdig bedryf der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Maetschappye, op de Kuste en in het Keizerrijk van Ta

Amsterdam
"Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, van Someren, Goethals; Jacob van Meurs"
1670-1693

"2 vol. in-folio (32 x 20 cm). I. Nieuhof, J, Het gezantschap, [front. + 6] + 208, 258 + [9 + 1 bl.] pp. with front., engraved portrait, folding map of China, 34 plates and 110 text engravings. Second edition of this book by Joan Nieuhof. Ref. Tiele p. 179. Cordier 2345; II. Dapper, O., Gedenkwaerdig bedryf..., gegrav. titel + [6] + 504 [i.e. 574] + [6], [2] + 163 [i.e. 287] + [1] pp. with engraved title, 39 engraved plates and 57 text engravings. First edition of this historical and geographical description of China by Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) with the account of the second and third mission to China. The engraved title is dated 1671. Ref. Tiele p. 73. Cordier 2348. Landwehr, VOC 544. Titles printed in red and black, text in 2 col. Errors in pagination, some marginal damp staining, a few marginal tears without text loss, some foxing. Contemporary full calf binding, spines richly gilt, some traces of use on the covers, mottled edges"

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"NIEUHOF, Joan; DAPPER, Olfert"