INVENTORY #142631
View of Great Wall on ye Side where ye Ambassador entered China
CHILD, G., Sculpt.
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Single page from "The Universal Traveller: Or, A Compleat Description Of the several Nations of the World" by Mr. Salmon, printed for Richard Baldwin, London, 1759. The image is after the work of Joan Nieuhof whose 17th century views were among the earliest reliable reports of China. Nieuhof was traveling as a member of a Dutch East India embassy eager to establish trade relations with China.
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- Publisher: n/a
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- Date Published: 1759
- Place Published: London
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- Condition: Near fine
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
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One-sided 23 x 38 cm page with b&w copperplate engraving. Plate 4, No. 3, page 6. Key at bottom identifies the Ambassador, his retinue, a temple building, horses and camels, Chinese guard, etc.