TRAVEL NIEUHOFF JAN; et al An Embassy from the East India C

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NIEUHOFF, JAN; et al. An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China. 18 (of 20) engraved plates; 121 engraved text illustrations; double-page engraved map of China (partly dampstained, with short split in center fold); lacks the portrait and one other plate. [8], 327 [i. e., 307], [1]; 18, [2]; 106 pages, including engraved additional title by Wenceslaus Hollar, license leaf, and 2 (of 3?) integral blanks; lacks last (blank?) leaf. 3 parts in one volume. Folio, 410x266 mm, later 19th-century 1/2 morocco uniform with the preceding lot, covers detached; piece torn from upper margin of 3R1 affecting headlines, plate facing page 97 in third part frayed along fore edge. London: John Macock for the Author, 1669

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first edition in english.