Lot 207
  • 207

Ides, Evert Ysbrants

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Three Years Travel from Moscow over-land to China: thro' great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking. London: W. Freeman, J. Walthoe, T. Newborough, J. Nicholson, and R. Parker, 1706
  • paper
First English edition, 4to (242 x 184mm.), engraved additional title, folding map and 30 plates (8 folding), contemporary panelled calf, binding slightly rubbed and neatly rebacked, text somewhat browned and spotted



Ides, a German of Dutch origin and Imperial Counsellor for Trade to Czar Peter I, was sent to conclude a commercial treaty with Emperor Khang-hi of China and to determine the limits of the two empires. He returned from his two-year mission in 1694, travelling through Tartary and Siberia.

Literature

Cordier II, 2468; Löwendahl 294; Lust 519; Russia Engages the World 52

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

Ides, a German of Dutch origin and Imperial Counsellor for Trade to Czar Peter I, was sent to conclude a commercial treaty with Emperor Khang-hi of China and to determine the limits of the two empires. He returned from his two-year mission in 1694, travelling through Tartary and Siberia.