An Embassy sent by the East-India-Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Chan or Emperour, China, delivered at Peking by Peter Groyer, Jacob de Keyzer, 1655
London: Macock, 1669. Folio. Hardcover. Folio, pp 325. Engraved title page laid down. Marginal tears on three leaves and other minor defects and staining, 22 full page or folding plates and maps and at least 120 illustrations. Includes pp106 an "Appendix or Special Remarks taken at large out of Athanasius Kirchener, his Antiquities of China". Hand-written slip of the era on final page. Lacks printed title page and frontispiece portrait, which are minor omissions compare to what this copy does contain. Original full calf binding, clean label on spine. In very good condition A fine example of this first English edition of the classic 17th C work on China. Very Good. Item #020257
Price: $14,862.75 NZD