Nieuhof, Johann. Het Gezantschap the Neerlandche Oost-Indian Compagnie, aan the grooten Tartar cham, the tegenwoordigen Keizer van China. 2 parts in 1 volume. 2 (instead of 3) Bl., 208 pp.; 258 pp., 5 Bl. With copper title, 2 engraved coat of arms boards, engraved portrait, 110 text coppers, 32 (instead of 34) double-leaf copper plates and multiple folded copper map. 30 x 19 cm. Parchment d. Z. (somewhat stained and rubbed, front joint bursted, lid thrown a little) with stroke iron lines. Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1670. Tiele 800 Note. Cordier 2345f. Pleasure 541. Landwehr 539 Note. Graesse IV, 675. See Boucher de la Richarderie V, 297. Cox I, 325. Henze III, 612. – Second Dutch edition of the portrayal of the legation journey, which took place between 1655 and 1657, one of the most equipped older travel descriptions about China. "The Dutch being at the height of their power, having superplanted the Portuguese, desired to gain access to China and a portion of the Chinese trade. After much opposition the Government succeeded in sending merges to try the pulse of the Chinese at Canton. Upon their report it was determined to despatch ambassadors from Batavia to the Court of Beijing to solicit liberty to trade. This is the embassy written up by Nieuhoff, who was steward to the ambassadors" (Cox). The copper with views of Beijing, Canton, Nan-an, Kan-chou, Nanchang, Nanking etc. as well as landscapes, temples, costumes, plants, weapons etc. – There are two panels missing. Front inner joint bursted, copper title with distinct, unsightly rims. Title with cut out and then tectated as well as further illegible stamp, also one of the coat of arms copper with deleted stamp. Sheet F3 to G1 with ink stain, the text copper on sheet t2 with weak scrap marks (some loss of image), one of the plates in part II slightly laden and with paper breaks in the edge. The first layers are slightly untied, the first sheet also with fringe läsuren, the portrait loose and with small flaw, the folding card large area and with fold crack. Otherwise only slightly tanned in the edge and only slightly stained. At the beginning with two additional sheets with hs. Notes.