INVENTORY #142634
The Lou-Wa or Fishing Bird; Priests or Monks of Fo, from Nieuhof
CHILD, G., Sculpt.; BASIRE, J., Sculpt.
Regular price
$30.00 CAD
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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 amongst 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.
Publication Info
- Publisher: n/a
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1759
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Near fine
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
One-sided 38 cm page with two b&w copperplate engravings. Plate 18, No. 8, p. 16; Plate 19, No. 8., page 31.