


NIEUHOFF (JEAN) L'Ambassade de la compagnie orientale des provinces unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie, 2 parts in 1 vol., Leiden, Jacob de Meurs, 1665
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NIEUHOFF (JEAN)
Footnotes
"Originally published in Dutch earlier in the same year, this is the first French edition, enlarged by the editor with a second part Déscription générale de l'empire de la Chine. The first part describes the embassy to China undertaken in 1655-57 by Peter van Goyer and Jacob Keyzer on behalf of the Dutch East Indian Company" (Löwendahl). This copy has the following pagination: [16],290,[2],134,[2], varying slightly from that cited in Löwendahl, but it appears to be complete.
Provenance: Duc de Valentinois (possibly Jacques François Léonor, 1689–1751, fourth Duke of Valentinois and Prince of Monaco), early ownership inscription on title. See illustration on preceding page.