773 - Asia - China - Ides, Eberhard Isbrand. A Three-Year Journey to China, Departing from Moscow by Land through Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Siberia, Daour, and Great Tartary. Includes a map and numerous copperplate engravings, drawn by the envoy himself during the journey; as well as a description of China written by a Chinese man in his own language. All translated from the Dutch. With an engraved frontispiece, 25 copper plates, and 1 fold-out map. Frankfurt, Fritsch, 1707. 1 leaf, 466 pp., 1 leaf; 17 x 11 cm. Contemporary leather binding (upper spine restored).

Asia - China - Ides, Eberhard Isbrand. A Three-Year Journey to China, Departing from Moscow by Land through Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Siberia, Daour, and Great Tartary. Includes a map and numerous copperplate engravings, drawn by the envoy himself during the journey; as well as a description of China written by a Chinese man in his own language. All translated from the Dutch. With an engraved frontispiece, 25 copper plates, and 1 fold-out map. Frankfurt, Fritsch, 1707. 1 leaf, 466 pp., 1 leaf; 17 x 11 cm. Contemporary leather binding (upper spine restored). First German edition. - Griep/Luber 655 - Henze II, 683. - Includes in the appendix (beginning on p. 257) the work by the Chinese physician Dionysius Kao, who converted to Christianity: “A Brief Description of the Mighty Empire of China, Compiled by Dionysius Kao, a Native-Born Chinese, and Enriched with Many Notes for a More Detailed Explanation of the Matters Contained Therein.” - Ides (1657–1708) “traveled to China with a trade delegation from 1692 to 1695, with the permission of the Russian Tsar Peter I, to establish political and trade relations between Russia and China. The route led from Moscow via Yeniseysk and Lake Baikal to Nerchinsk and continued along the Eastern Route to Beijing... Ides expanded... based on his observations during the journey, the topographical knowledge of Southern Siberia; his travelogue is one of the first reliable regional and ethnographic accounts of Siberia.” (Griep/Luber). - Map as a facsimile on antique paper. - Slightly browned throughout, partly stained, and with occasional water stains; the title page has crossed-out names; the folded copperplate on p. 136 has been supplemented along the right margin with a 5-cm-wide facsimile on old paper. *