Atlas Chinensis: . being a second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the vice-roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary. With a relation of the Netherlanders assisting the Tartar against Coxinga, and the Chinese fleet, who till then were masters of the sea. And a more exact geographical description than formerly, both of the whole empire of China in general, and in particular of every of the fifteen provinces. Collected out of their several writings and journals, by Arnoldus Montanus. English'd, and adorn'd with above a hundred several sculptures, by John Ogilby, Esq; master of His Majesties revels in the kingdom of Ireland.
Arnoldus Montanus (1625-1683)
Category
Books
Date
1671
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3050031
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],723,[1]p., [41] leaves of plates . ill.. . fol... Identified in 1763 catalogue: G.4 (3 in later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate (pasted over earlier plate): George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: 17th century sprinkled calf binding (worn); gold-tooled spine (faded), with red title label. Spine split down the middle.
Makers and roles
Arnoldus Montanus (1625-1683) Olfert Dapper (1639 - 1689) John Ogilby (1600-1676) Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie