1676 Dapper CHINA Hong Kong Spanish Portuguese JESUIT Missions Illustrated RARE

DAPPER, Olfert

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Olfert Dapper was an important 17th-century Dutch physician who made his name from his geography books, even though he never left the Netherlands. He published important histories of Asia and Africa, with the most important perhaps being his description of Kangxi Emperor and the Qing Dynasty. It includes information on 17th-century Portuguese and Spanish Jesuit missions in China and Hong Kong including Alvaro Semedo in Guangzhou. The impressive illustrations throughout this work make it highly desirable.

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1676 Dapper CHINA Hong Kong Spanish Portuguese JESUIT Missions Illustrated RARE

 

Olfert Dapper was an important 17th-century Dutch physician who made his name from his geography books, even though he never left the Netherlands. He published important histories of Asia and Africa, with the most important perhaps being his description of Kangxi Emperor and the Qing Dynasty. It includes information on 17th-century Portuguese and Spanish Jesuit missions in China and Hong Kong including Alvaro Semedo in Guangzhou. The impressive illustrations throughout this work make it highly desirable.

 

Item number: #24409

Price: $2,950

 

DAPPER, Olfert

 

Gedenkwürdige Verrichtung Der Niederländischen Ost-Indischen Gesellschaft in dem Käiserreich Taising oder Sina, durch ihre Zweyte Gesandtschaft An den Unter-könig Singlamong Und Feld-herrn Taising Lipoui Ausgeführet durch Joan van Kampen, und Constantin Nobel

 

Amsterdam: Jacob von Meurs, 1676. 1st Dutch edition

 

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  • Collation:
    • Gedenkwürdige Verrichtung – [6], 206, [2]
    • Dritte Gesandtschaft – [2], 211-336, 76, [4]
    • Beschreibung – 164, [8]
    • Heavily illustrated throughout
      • 11 double-page plates
      • 7 single-page plates plus engraved title page
      • 55 vignettes
    • Language: German
    • Binding: Vellum, tight and secure
    • Size: ~12.5in X 8.5in (32cm x 22cm)
    • Exceedingly rare, valuable, and desirable

 

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24409

Category

Asia, Africa, & Middle Eastern

Authors

DAPPER, Olfert

Printing Date

17th Century

Language

German

Binding

Vellum

Book Condition

Excellent