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Nieuhoff, Jan.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description
- An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China... Englished... by John Ogilby. London: John Macock, 1669
first edition in english, folio (415 x 262mm.), title printed in red and black, engraved additional title by Hollar (1668), portrait of Ogilby by Faithorne after Lilly, double-page map by Hollar, 19 plates, one double-page, some showing two or more subjects, and 121 illustrations in the text, many of them signed by Hollar, contemporary panelled calf gilt, binding somewhat rubbed, head of spine chipped
Provenance
Peter Clayton, early signature on preliminary blank; Will. Clayton, stamp on dedication; perhaps this copy came from the family of the company Clayton, Morris & Co, scriveners, merchant bankers and estate agents (c.1553-c.1823). There was a Peter Clayton (1649-1685) of this firm, a merchant banker and a Sir William Clayton (fl.1707-1744), the first baronet.
Literature
Wing N1152; Cordier 2347; van Erde p.116
Catalogue Note
This translation contains Jan Maatsukyer's accounts of an embassy sent from Batavia (not present in all copies) and Athanasius Kircher's essay on China, together with costume plates after the latter. It is possible that the illustrations of the environment and natural history of China, Tartary and Tibet provided the reader with his first views of the Orient.