NIEUHOFF (Jean). L'Ambassade de la compagnie orientale des Provinces unies vers …

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NIEUHOFF (Jean). L'Ambassade de la compagnie orientale des Provinces unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou grand Cam de Tartarie, faite par les Srs. Pierre de Goyer, & Jacob de Keyser. Leiden, Jacob de Meurs, 1665. 2 parts in one volume in folio, full contemporary ivory vellum, handwritten title (partly faded) on smooth spine; [7]ff.-290pp., 1 folding map (qq. foxing, one small tear not missing), 31 double-page plates and [1]f.-134pp.-[1]f., 3 double-page plates, 109 engravings in text. Without portrait of Colbert on front. From 1st part. Small spots on covers, beginning of split at head of upper spine, margins of qq. ff. slightly soiled or browned, one corner of title and one margin of one f. reinforced, ring of wetness in margin of about 30 pages only, a fine copy. First edition of the French translation, published the same year as the original Dutch edition. (Brunet IV, 77). This work is renowned and sought-after for its incredible iconography of the China known at the time. In addition to the folding map, it contains 143 high-contrast engravings, 34 of which are double-page mounts, depicting landscapes, views, ports, cities, costumes and the country's flora and fauna.

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NIEUHOFF (Jean). L'Ambassade de la compagnie orientale des Provinces unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou grand Cam de Tartarie, faite par les Srs. Pierre de Goyer, & Jacob de Keyser. Leiden, Jacob de Meurs, 1665. 2 parts in one volume in folio, full contemporary ivory vellum, handwritten title (partly faded) on smooth spine; [7]ff.-290pp., 1 folding map (qq. foxing, one small tear not missing), 31 double-page plates and [1]f.-134pp.-[1]f., 3 double-page plates, 109 engravings in text. Without portrait of Colbert on front. From 1st part. Small spots on covers, beginning of split at head of upper spine, margins of qq. ff. slightly soiled or browned, one corner of title and one margin of one f. reinforced, ring of wetness in margin of about 30 pages only, a fine copy. First edition of the French translation, published the same year as the original Dutch edition. (Brunet IV, 77). This work is renowned and sought-after for its incredible iconography of the China known at the time. In addition to the folding map, it contains 143 high-contrast engravings, 34 of which are double-page mounts, depicting landscapes, views, ports, cities, costumes and the country's flora and fauna.

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