NIEUHOFF, Jean.
L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale
des Provinces Unies vers l'empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie, faite par les Srs. Pierre de Goyer, & Jacob de Keyser, illustre d'une tres-exacte description des villes, bourgs, villages, portes de mers, & autres lieux plus co
Stock Code
90389
Leiden, Meurs, 1665
£6,500
Description
First French edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, bound without additional engraved title, printed title printed in red and black with engraved vignette (short tear to lower blank margin), engraved portrait of Colbert, large folding map (short tear to fold, lightly browned), 34 double-page engraved plates, engravings in the text, light old waterstain towards end, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints and extremities neatly repaired, a little rubbed, a very good copy.
Bibliography
Cordier Sinica 2345.
Stock ID:90389
