Gezantschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China.. English
Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672)
Category
Books
Date
1669
Materials
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3046296
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],146,149-184,205-327,[1],18,[2],106,[2]p., [22] leaves of plates :. diagrams, ill.., map, ports. ;. fol. Provenance: inscribed "Will Windham" [i.e. William Windham I [1647-1689)]; eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled panelled calf (torn), sewn onto six raised bands; gold-tooled on spine; red-sprinkled edges; remnant of spine label.
Makers and roles
Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672), author William Faithorne the elder (London c.1616 – London 1691) Pieter de Goyer Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) Jacob de Keizer Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592-1666)
References
Bruijn 2023: Emile de Bruijn, Borrowed Landscapes: China and Japan in the Historic Houses and Gardens of Britain and Ireland, London, Philip Wilson in association with the National Trust, 2023., Fig. 9, p. 28.