Braam´s embassy to China 1798
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CHINA. (2). BRAAM-(HOUCKGEEST), ANDREAS EVERARDUS VAN. An authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795, (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney), containing a Descrption of several Parts of the Chinese Empire, unknown to Europeans... Translated from the Original of M. L. Moreau de Saint-Mery. I-II. London (printed for R. Phillips) 1798.
8:o. (3), iv-lii, (1)-288, (2), (1)-324 pp. (Lacks the advertisement leaves). 1 folding engraved map (mended tear, small tear, foxed).
Contemporary mottled brown full calf, somewhat worn, gilt spines, marbled edges. Some foxing. Old signature in upper margin of titles. 2 volumes.
First English edition, original French edition first published in Philadelphia 1797-1798 (see Löwendahl: China illustrata nova, 700).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013). .
Auktionsnummer:
6150
Datum:
2016-06-21