(CHINA) John Nieuhoff LAmbassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers lEmpereur de la Chine

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Sale 2706 - Lot 250

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(CHINA.) John Nieuhoff. L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie. Engraved additional title, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, portrait of Monseigneur Colbert, engraved folding map of China, 34 double-page engraved views or plans, and 110 engraved text illustrations. Folio, 14½x9½ inches, contemporary calf unsympathetically rebacked; general map and plates with irregular folds and closed tears. First French edition of Nieuhoff's account of the Dutch East India Company's embassy to China and well-illustrated relation of that country's culture and customs. Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1665

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