On China, Tartary and Japan, Rotterdam 1786
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Beskrivning
Verhandellingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap, der Konsten en Weetenschappen. IV. Rotterdam (Reinier Arrenberg) - Amsterdam (Johannes Allart) 1786.
8:o (about 207x127 mm.). (11), 12-38, (2), (1)-568 pp. Title with engraved vignette, 1 folding engraved map (a few small holes in the folding).
Later (mid 19th century) marbled boards, somewhat worn, faded cloth spine, speckled edges. Title and first leaf mended in upper margin, half-title, title, and first two leaves somewhat foxed.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1683.
Contains i.a. "Bedenkingen over den tegenwoordigen staat van China" on pp. 248-372 and "Bedenkuingen over Tartaryen en Japan, en de ontdekkingen der Russen, aan de ooster-kusten van Azia, en vester-kusten van America" on pp. 373-396. Both papers apparently by Jakob Cornelis Matthaeus Radermacher.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6215
Datum:
2017-11-21