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(ALEXANDRE, NOëL). Conformita delle cerimonie Chinesi, colla idolatria Greca, e Romana. In conferma dell' apologia de Domenicane missionari della China. Colonia, appresso gli Heredi di Cornelio d'Egmond, 1701.Sm.8vo. Contemporary vellum, autograph title to spine. 158 pp. First published in 1700. - 'The eminent Dominican theologian of the Sorbonne, Noel Alexandre (1639-1724), led the attack in France on the Jesuits' attitude towards the Chinese rites. He published an attack upon the Jesuit position in which he endeavours to show the similarities between the Chinese ceremonies and the idolatrous rites of the Greeks and Romans' (Lach & Van Kley III, p.430). - An interesting work as it mark the author out as a pioneer in the study of comparative religion. - Age-browned, otherwise fine.Cordier, BS, col. 880; Lust 883 (French ed.); Walraven 128 (French ed.); Löwendahl, Sino-Western relations, 237 (French ed.). [Boeknr.: 30796 ]

€ 650,00

AMSTEL, Aad van. Barbaren, rebellen en mandarijnen. De VOC in de slag met China in de Gouden Eeuw. Amsterdam, Thoeris, 2011. Wrappers. With plates. 381 pp. [Boeknr.: 32782 ]

€ 40,00

ANDRADE, Tonio. Het laatste gezantschap. De Nederlandse missie van 1795 en de vergeten geschiedenis van de westerse betrekkingen met China. Amsterdam, Antwerpen, Querido, 2021. Wrappers. With illustrations. 478 pp. Account of the embassy of Isaac Titsingh and Andreas van Braam Houckgeest to the emperor of China Qianlong in 1795. [Boeknr.: 36501 ]

€ 30,00

BARR, Pat. Vreemde duivels. De Westerling in China en Japan sinds de zestiende eeuw. Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, (1977). Wrappers. With many illustrations. 130 pp. [Boeknr.: 8237 ]

€ 15,00

BEAUVOIR, (Ludovic) de. Voyage autour du monde. Volume III: Pékin, Yeddo, San Francisco. Paris, Henri Plon, 1872.8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt. With 4 folding coloured maps and 15 engraved plates (3 double-page). 360 pp. The narrative of Ludovic de Beauvoir (1846-1929), born in Brussels, became immense popular on account of its perceptive observations (Howwgego III, p.63).Cordier, BS & BJ, col. 2131 & 606. [Boeknr.: 20938 ]

€ 65,00

BLECKE, Willy. Chinese woman in kimono with umbrella standing between two vases and lanterns. (Ca, 1930). Paper cut art, signed, pasted on board. 13 x 18 cm. Silhouette scene of a Chinese woman in kimono, with umbrella, standing between two vases with branches with a bird and lanterns. Willy Blecke was a German painter and silhouette artist, active in Berlin during the 1920-30's. - An attractive paper cutting. [Boeknr.: 37730 ]

€ 195,00

BLONDEAU, R.A. Mandarijn en astronoom. Ferdinand Verbiest, s.j. (1623-1688) aan het Hof van de Chinese keizer. Brugge, Utrecht, Desclée de Brouwer, (1970). Cloth, with dust-jacket. With portrait and folding map. 525 pp. [Boeknr.: 37686 ]

€ 40,00

BLUSSÉ, L. & F.J. van LUYN. China en de Nederlanders. Geschiedenis van de Nederlands-Chinese betrekkingen (1600-2007). Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2008. Wrappers. With many illustrations (mostly in colours). 255 pp. [Boeknr.: 30633 ]

€ 25,00

BLUSSÉ, Leonard & R. FALKENBURG. Johan Nieuhofs beelden van een Chinareis 1655-1657. Middelburg, Stichting VOC Publicaties, 1987. Oblong 8vo. Wrappers. With many illustrations (several in colours). 100 pp. Contains the complete journal of Johan Nieuhof of the voyage to China by Pieter de Goyer and Jacob Keyzer. [Boeknr.: 6327 ]

€ 35,00

BLUSSÉ, Leonard. Tribuut aan China. Vier eeuwen Nederlands-Chinese betrekkingen. (Amsterdam), Otto Cramwinckel, 1989. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With numerous illustrations, partly in colours. 196 pp. [Boeknr.: 6326 ]

€ 18,00

BOER, G.J. de, A.J.J.MULDER, H.A. SLETTENAAR, E.W.J. VELTEROP. Koninklijke Java - China - Paketvaart Lijnen (K.J.C.P.L.). Alkmaar, De Alk, 1994. 8vo. Boards. With photographic illustrations. 192 pp. History of the Royal Interocean Lines, Amsterdam. [Boeknr.: 34597 ]

€ 18,00

BONVALOT, Gabriel. En Asie Centrale. Du Kohistan a la Caspienne. Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1885.Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt. With folding map and 12 plates. (4),300 pp. Volume I was published in 1884: De Moscou en Bactriane. - This second volume contains the author's first exploration in the foothills of the Pamirs (Tashkent, Samarkand and the river Oxus) in 1880-82. Gabriel Bonvalot (1853-1933), explorateur professionnel, spécialiste de l'Asie centrale, est un des rares Français à avoir traversé le Pamir et le Tibet au XIXe siècle. - With library stamps on title page, otherwise fine.Yakushi B218; Broc, Dictionnaire illustré des explorateurs et grands voyageurs français du XIXe siècle, pp.43-48. [Boeknr.: 32462 ]

€ 75,00

BRAAM HOUCKGEEST, Nanet van. Per palankijn naar Peking. Memoriaal van de Nederlandse ambassade in 1794/5 naar keizer Qianlong van China. Hilversum, Verloren, 2021. Boards. 524 pp. This book is the first complete Dutch edition of the journey of Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801) from Canton to Beijing and his stay there with Emperor Qianlong in 1795. [Boeknr.: 36459 ]

€ 45,00

CAMERON, N. The face of China as seen by photographers & travelers 1860-1912. Preface by L. Carrington Goodrich. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1978. 4to. Cloth. With many photographic plates. 159 pp. [Boeknr.: 29270 ]

€ 35,00

CAMPEN, Jan van. De Haagse jurist Jean Theodore Royer (1737-1807) en zijn verzameling Chinese voorwerpen. Hilversum, Verloren, 2000. Wrappers. With many illustrations. 410 pp. [Boeknr.: 26623 ]

€ 40,00

COYETT, Frederik. 't Verwaerloosde Formosa, of waerachtig verhael, hoedanigh door verwaerloosinge der Nederlanders in Oost-Indien, het eylant Formosa, van den Chinesen Mandorijn, ende zeeroover Coxinja, overrompelt, vermeestert, ende ontweldight is geworden. Ingeleid en geannoteerd door G.C. Molewijk. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 1991. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations. 243 pp. Linschoten-Vereeniging XC. - Written by the last Dutch governor of Formosa. One of the very few contemporary written accounts of a company servant; dealing with the Dutch and the organization of the VOC on Formosa and the occupation of the island by the Chinese. [Boeknr.: 8967 ]

€ 35,00

ERDBRINK, Gerhard R. Gützlaff, de apostel der Chinezen, in zijn leven en zijne werkzaamheid geschetst. Rotterdam, M. Wijt & Zonen, 1850. Original printed wrappers with decorative woodcut border. (8),53 pp. First edition. - Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (1803 - 1851) was a German missionary who was active in Bangkok, Thailand and in Korea, but mainly in the mission in China. All other missionaries present in China during that period had been sent by a missionary society. Gützlaff operated in China independently of those organizations. He was an adventurous, sometimes somewhat reckless man with an often controversial strategy. In the period between 1830 and 1850 he was an important factor in the then existing community of traders and missionaries in China. His books were an inspiration to others to pursue missions,Cordier, BS II, col 1308. [Boeknr.: 31163 ]

€ 75,00

FILCHNER, Wilhelm. Bismillah. Vom Huang-ho zum Indus. 7. Auflage. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1941.Original decorated cloth. With folding map and 114 photographic illustrations. 347 pp. First published in 1938. - General account of the author's third journey in 1934-38, through Central Asia: Lanchou, Koko Nor, Tsaidam, Cherchen, Khotan-Kashgar, thence crossing the Karakorum Pass, the Depsang Plains, and the Saser Pass, they reached Leh in Ladakh.Yakushi F49a; Aschoff 496. [Boeknr.: 23803 ]

€ 35,00

FORMOSA. De dagregsiters van het kasteel Zeelandia, Taiwan 1629-1662. Uitgegeven door J.L. Blussé, M.E. van Opstall, Ts'ao Yung-ho, N.C. Everts, W.E. Milde. 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1986-2000. 4 volumes. Cloth. With maps. R.G.P. - Archivalia from the Dutch East India Company (VOC) trade settlement and fortress Zeelandia, on Dutch colonial Formosa (Taiwan). The colonial period was brought to an end after the 1662 siege of Fort Zeelandia by Koxinga's army who promptly dismantled the Dutch colony, expelled the Dutch and established a Ming loyalist. [Boeknr.: 13218 ]

€ 195,00

GUINNESS, (Mary) Geraldine. Från fjårran Östern. Intryck från missionsfåltet i Kina. Utgifna af hennes syster, med förord af Hudson Taylor. Stockholm, E.J. Erman, (1891).Contemporary cloth, original pictorial frontwrapper preserved, spine lettered in gilt. With 30 woodengravings. VIII,136 pp. Swedish edition of: In the Far East. Letters from Geraldine Guinness in China, London 1889. The book was edited by her sister Lucy Evangeline Guinness. Geraldine Guinness (1862-1949) married Frederick Howard Taylor, the son of the founder of the China Inland Mission, James Hudson Taylor.Theakstone, Vicorian & Edwardian women travellers, p.118. [Boeknr.: 30965 ]

€ 95,00

HEARN, Lafcadio. Some Chinese ghosts. London, Kegan Paul Trench, 1907. Original red cloth gilt (spine damaged). 203 pp. First published in 1887. - A Chinese classic of folk-tales & ghostly stories. [Boeknr.: 31189 ]

€ 45,00

HEDIN, Sven. En färd genom Asien 1893-97. Stockholm, Albert Bonniers, 1898.2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth (spines sl. discoloured). With 4 maps (2 large folding and one double page) and 258 illustrations (many full page plates and some in colours). XIV,565,(4); (4),537,((6) pp. First Swedish edition. - Account of Sven Hedin's first scientific expedition in Central Asia. He traveled across Russia to Tashkent, and in winter 1893-94 he crossed the Pamir region. Returning to Kashgar in western Chinese Turkestan, he explored the Tarim Basin, then made a harrowing crossing of the Takla Makam Desert, during which some of his guides died of thirst. On his expedition, he also came upon ruins of ancient settlements that had lined the old Silk Road. Hedin next explored Lop Nop, a large shallow lake in western China, its shifting location long a puzzle to European geographers. He went on to Peking, then returned to Europe. He travelled through regions never before visited by Europeans. - A fine set.Hess 4; Yakushi H97C, Cordier, BS, col.2853. [Boeknr.: 34626 ]

€ 225,00

HEDIN, Sven. Der wandernde See. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1937. Original cloth. With 10 maps and 151 photographic illustrations. 295 pp. First German edition; first published in Swedish Den vandrande sjõn. Stockholm, 1937. - Narrative of Hedin's travel to Lop-Nor, a former salt lake, now largely dried up, located between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deserts in the southeastern portion of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The expedition stumbled on the ancient buried city of Lou-lan (Loulan Yiji), but, being short of water and anxious to continue, no attempt was made to excavate the site (Howgego IV, p.435).Hess p.30. [Boeknr.: 23153 ]

€ 45,00

HEDIN, Sven. Die Seidenstrasse. 3. Auflage. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1937.Original pictorial cloth (foxed). With 2 maps (1 folding) and 91 photographic lllustrations. 264 pp. First published in 1936. - Popular edition of the Sino-Swedish expedition to Central Asia of 1933-35. This book deals with the exploration of the region round Lop-Nor.Hess A18; Yakushi H119b. [Boeknr.: 31890 ]

€ 45,00

HEDIN, Sven. Transhimalaja. Entdeckungen und Abenteuer in Tibet. 7. Auflage. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1922. 3 volumes. Original boards. With 10 maps and 397 illustrations. XVIII,405; X,406; X,390 pp. First published in Stockholm in 1909-1912: Transhimalaya. Upptäcker och äfventyr i Tibet. - Account of the exploration in Tibet and Central Asia, 1906-08. 'Der Reichtum an geographischer, historischer und ethnologischer, aber auch kultureller Information bleibt auch heute noch in ihrer gesamtheitlichen Darstellung einmalig und unübertroffen' (Aschoff 812). - (Vol. III stained).Hess p.24; Yakushi H103. [Boeknr.: 25029 ]

€ 125,00

HEDIN, Sven. Transhimalaya. Upptäckter och äfventyr i Tibet. Stockholm, Albert Bonnier, 1909 - 1912.3 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 15 maps and 569 illustrations and plates (several in colours). (14),665,(2); (4),593,(2); (6),591 pp. First Swedish edition. - Account of the exploration in Tibet and Central Asia, 1906-08. 'Der Reichtum an geographischer, historischer und ethnologischer, aber auch kultureller Information bleibt auch heute noch in ihrer gesamtheitlichen Darstellung einmalig und unübertroffen' (Aschoff 812). His discoveries paved the way for major scientific and cultural documentation of the Asian region by European scholars. - A fine set.Hess p.23; Yakushi H103a. [Boeknr.: 32841 ]

€ 225,00

HERMANNS, Matthias. Die Nomaden von Tibet. Die sozial-wirtschaftlichen Grundlagen der Hirtenkulturen in A mdo und von Innerasien Ursprung und Entwicklung der Viehzucht. Wien, Herold, (1949). Half cloth. With 4 folding maps and 56 photographic illustrations. XVI,325 pp. First edition. - 'Mit der Darstellung der sozialwirtschaftlichen Grundlagen der Hirtenkulturen in Amdo und Innerasien gehört das Buch in seiner Zuverlässigkeit zu den besten und unentbehrlichen Arbeiten der gesamten Tibetliteratur' (Aschoff 857).Yakushi H149. [Boeknr.: 24188 ]

€ 45,00

HOSIE, Dorothea. Portrait of a Chinese lady and certain of her contemporaries by Lady Hosie. London, Hodder and Stoughton, (1929). Original red cloth gilt (spine faded). With 24 photographic plates. XV,404 pp. First edition. - Lady Dorothea Hosie (1885-1959) was the daughter of W.E. Soothill, missionary, scholar and sinologist, and wife of Sir Alexander Hosie, diplomat. She was born in China and was regarded as an authority on China. [Boeknr.: 31128 ]

€ 35,00

HOSIE, Dorothea. Portrait of a Chinese lady and certain of her contemporaries by Lady Hosie. London, Hodder and Stoughton, (1933). Original blue cloth. With 8 photographic plates. XV,404 pp. First published in 1929. - Lady Dorothea Hosie (1885-1959) was the daughter of W.E. Soothill, missionary, scholar and sinologist, and wife of Sir Alexander Hosie, diplomat. She was born in China and was regarded as an authority on China. [Boeknr.: 36144 ]

€ 30,00

HOSIE, Dorothea. Two gentlemen of China. An intimate description of the private life of two patrician Chinese families, their home, loves, religion, mirth, sorrow, & many other aspects of their family life. By Lady Hosie. With introduction by W.E. Soothill. 4th edition. London, Seeley, Service & Co., 1926. Original orange cloth with illustration of a pagoda on front cover. With 16 photographic plates. 316 pp. First published in 1924; with bookplate of Verryn Stuart. - Lady Dorothea Hosie (1885-1959) was the daughter of W.E. Soothill, missionary, scholar and sinologist, and wife of Sir Alexander Hosie, diplomat. She was born in China and was regarded as an authority on China. [Boeknr.: 36143 ]

€ 55,00

HOWARD BURY, Charles Kenneth, G. BRUCE. a.o. Naar den hoogsten top der aarde. De beklimming van den Mount Everest. Voor Nederland bewerkt door A. Tervooren. Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay, (1922). Original cloth, gilt lettering. With folding map and 69 photographic illustrations. 382,(2) pp. First Dutch edition of Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance. London 1922. - Official account of the first Everest expedition of 1921. They reached to the Northcol and discovered the route to the top.Yakushi H247d; Marshall 2634; Neate H120. [Boeknr.: 27832 ]

€ 45,00

HUC, Régis Evariste & Joseph GABET. Reisherinneringen uit Tartarije, Thibet en China. Verhaal der missie-reis in de jaren 1844, 1845 en 1846. Arnhem, Josué Witz, 1855 -1857.2 volumes. 19th century grey cloth. XIV,409; 295 pp. Rare Dutch edition; first published in Paris in 1850 Souvenires d'un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine. - Record of the famous journey made between 1839 and 1852 by the Lazarist missionaries Huc and Gabet travelling from Macao and Canton through Mongolia to Lhasa. Huc and his travelling companions were among the very first Europeans to have reached Lhasa and Huc's account remains a vivid first hand history of western contact in China and Central Asia. - One of the world's great travel classics.Cf. Cordier, B.S., col. 2119; Yakushi H249; Marshall 1334; Aschhoff 920; Howgego II, p.291; not in Tiele nor Cat. NHSM. [Boeknr.: 31542 ]

€ 295,00

HULLU, J. de. De instelling van de commissie voor den handel der Oost-Indische Compagnie op China in 1756. ('s Gravenhage, 1923). Boards. (22) pp. - (Offprint B.K.I.). [Boeknr.: 22545 ]

€ 15,00

IMBAULT-HUART, C. L'ile Formose. Histoire et description. Précédé d'une introduction bibliographique par H. Cordier. Paris, 1893. Reprint. Taipei, (1995). Cloth, with dust-jacket. With maps, illustrations and plates. LXXXIV,323 pp. Chapters 2-4 are dealing with the Dutch in Formosa. [Boeknr.: 29115 ]

€ 55,00

JESUIT MISSION REPORTS FROM CHINA & INDOCHINA. Nouvelles lettres édifiantes des missions de la Chine et des Indes orientales. Paris, de l'imprimerie d'Adrien Le Clere, imprimeur de l'Archevêché de Paris, 1818-1823.8 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary half calf (spines sl. rubbed with occasional light cracking). With printer's woodcut device on title-pages. XXVIII, 486, (1, errata); IV, 560; (IV), 503, (1 errata); (IV), 567, (1); VIII, 603 (errata pasted on final page as usual); (IV), 511, (1 errata); (IV), 419; (IV), 448 pp. First edition. - Important collection of Jesuit reports from China and Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Siam, Macao, etc.), a continuation of the collection of Jesuit letters known as the Lettres édifiantes et curieuses. They are mostly concerned with internal matters, such as clashes with the Chinese authorities (Lust 830). Volumes one to five deal with China and volumes six to eight deal with the missions in Tong-King and Cochinchina. - Unobtrusive faint library blind stamps on title pages, otherwise a fine and fresh set. - Rare.Löwendahl, China, I, p. XLIX; Morrison II p. 159; Cordier, B.S II, cols. 953-957 (listing the contents in detail); Streit & Dinginger, Bibl. Missionen, 1931: 2. [Boeknr.: 36402 ]

€ 1100,00

JÖRG, C.J.A. Porcelain and the Dutch China trade. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1982. Folio. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 90 illustrations. 372 pp. 'Describes the China trade by the Dutch East India Company, life and trade in Canton, the porcelain trade and the decoration and types of porcelain. The appendices give lists of ships and personnel in Canton of the Dutch East India Company; an inventory of the factory; a financial survey of the trade; the gross profils on the return cagos; a survey of types and decorations of the porcelain shipped to the Netherlands between 1729 and 1793'. [Boeknr.: 6161 ]

€ 65,00

JÖRG, C.J.A. Wisselwerking (tussen Azië en Europa). Rede. Leiden, 1998. Wrappers. With illustrations. 32 pp. [Boeknr.: 32132 ]

€ 15,00

JÖRG, Christiaan J.A. Poselein als handelswaar. De poseleinhandel als onderdeel van de Chinahandel van de V.O.C. 1729-1794. Groningen, Kemper, 1978. Wrappers. With 19 plates. VIII, 387 pp. - (Thesis). [Boeknr.: 33701 ]

€ 65,00

KEMP, P.H. van der. Oost-Indië's geldmiddelen, Japansche en Chineesche handel van 1817 op 1818. In- en uitvoerrechten, opium, zout, tolpoorten, kleinzegel, boschwezen, Decima, Canton. Naar oorspronkelijke stukken. 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1919. Wrappers (front wrapper missing). XLIII,(1),354 pp. [Boeknr.: 12598 ]

€ 65,00

KLEIWEG DE ZWAAN, Johannes Pieter. Völkerkundliches und Geschichtliches über die Heilkunde der Chinesen und Japaner mit besonderer Berücksichtigung holländischer Einflüssen. Haarlem, Erven Loosjes, 1917.Folio. Original blue boards with printed title label to spine. With many illustrations. XI,656 pp. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen. Derde Verzameling, deel VII.- Johannes Pieter Kleiweg de Zwaan (1875 - 1971), the first professor of anthropology in the Netherlands, did extensive survey in the Dutch East Indies. In this important study he examined the influence of the Dutch on the Japanese and Chinese health service. With an extensive bibliography. [Boeknr.: 11716 ]

€ 225,00

KONINCKX, Christian. The first and second charters of the Swedish East India Company (1731-1766). A contribution to the maritime, economic and social history of North-Western Europe in its relationships with the Far East. With a preface by K. Glamann. Kortrijk, Van Ghemmert, (1980). Cloth. With folding table, 18 plates, and maps and diagrams. 559,(1) pp. Important study on the Swedish East India Company, with tables of contents on: persons, geographical names, subjects and ships. [Boeknr.: 14377 ]

€ 35,00

KUYLENSTJERNA, Alexis. Bland Kineser och Mongoler. Stockholm, C. & E. Gernandt, (1900-1901).2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With numerous plates and illustrations. (4),420; (4),427 pp. First edition. - Travel-account in Swedish, starting in Port Said to Hong Kong, Peking, Shanghai, Mongolia and Moscow. - A fine copy. [Boeknr.: 32845 ]

€ 75,00

LATTIMORE, Owen. The desert road to Turkestan. London, Methuen & Co., 1928.Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With 2 double-page maps depicting the road to Turkestand and the Mongolian trade route and 48 photographic illustrations. XIV,331 pp. First edition. - Owen Lattimore (1900 - 989) was an American author, educator, and influential scholar of China and Central Asia, especially Mongolia. During his year in Beijing before departing on his expedition, he met his wife, Eleanor Holgate. For their honeymoon they planned to travel from Beijing to India, he overland, she by rail across Siberia. In the event, the plans were disrupted and she had to travel alone by horse-drawn sled for 640 km in February to find him. She described her journey in Turkestan Reunion (1934), he in The Desert Road to Turkestan (1928) and High Tartary (1930).Yakushi p.234. [Boeknr.: 36048 ]

€ 175,00

LAUNAY, A. Les cinquante-deux serviteurs de dieu français - Annamites - Chinois. Mis à mort pour la foi en Extrême-Orient de 1815 à 1856 dont la cause de béatification a été introduite en 1840, 1843, 1857. Biographies. Tome II. Paris, Téqui, 1893. Original printed wrappers (spine broken). 350;16 pp. Biographies of Paul Khoan, Luc Loan, Gilles Delamott, Augustin Schoeffler, Jean Louis Bonnard, Auguste Chapdelaine, etc. [Boeknr.: 24610 ]

€ 65,00

LEQUIN, Fr. Isaac Titsingh in China (1794-1796). Het onuitgegeven journaal van zijn Ambassade naar Peking. Alphen a/d Rijn, Canaletto, 2005. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 105 illustrations. 319 pp. [Boeknr.: 28886 ]

€ 45,00

LEQUIN, Frank & Albert MEIJER. Samuel van de Putte, een Mandarijn uit Vlissingen (1690-1745). De onbedoelde publicatie van een restant. Middelburg, Stichting VOC Publicaties, 1989. Oblong 8vo. Wrappers. With many facsimiles. 104 pp. Samuel van der Putte was a Dutch adventurer, linguist and scientist who travelled widely through South East Asia, India, China and Tibet. [Boeknr.: 226 ]

€ 35,00

LOIR, Maurice. L'escadre de l'amiral Courbet. Paris, Nancy, Berger-Levrault et Cie., 1894.8vo. Original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. With 10 maps and many illustrations and plates by M. Brossard de Corbigny. VIII,324 pp. First published in Paris in 1886. - Anatole-Amédée-Prosper Courbet (1827-1885) was a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign (1883-1886) and the Sino-French War (1884-1885). From the contents: Après la sortie d'Hanoï; Bombardement de Thuan-an; Convention de Tien-Sin; Le combat naval de Fou-Chéou; Le descente de la Rivière Min; Occupation de Kelung; Le blocus de Formose; Affaire de Shei-poo; Pris des Iles Pescadores; Mort de l'amiral Courbet; Le traité de paix. - A fine copy with nice binding.Polak 6088. [Boeknr.: 32915 ]

€ 125,00

(MA-KO-TSAY). Prieres des musulmans Chinois. Traduit sur l'original en Arabe en Persan Da'Aouât el Moslemin imprimé a Canton en 1876. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1878. Original printed wrappers. With wood-engraved frontispiece. 45 pp. This work is a precise exposition of the prayers which are recited during the day and at the time of religious festivals, Ramadan, the night of the ascension of Muhammad, the night of destiny, etc. It was translated into French in 1878 by René Basset.Cordier, B.S., col. 1362. [Boeknr.: 31314 ]

€ 95,00

MARTINI, Martino. De bello Tartarico historia; in quâ pacto Tartari hac nostra aetate Sinicum Imperium invaserint, ac ferè totum occuparint, narratur; eorumque mores breviter describuntur. Antverpiae, ex off. Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1654. Sm.8vo. Modern calf, spine ribbed with red morocco title label to spine. With woodcut on title-page and folding engraved map. 166,(2) pp. First edition. - 'Martino Martini's book became the best-known description of the Manchu conquest available to Europeans during the seventeenth century. The Latin text was republished seven times, and it was translated into nine other European languages. Altogether at least twenty-five editions and translations appeared before the end of the century' (Lach III,1, p.526). Martini (1614-1661) was an Austrian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian. He entered China in 1643 at Zhejiang during a time of internal unrest and upheaval. He was able to travel widely throughout the interior of China as far north as the Great Wall, surveying the region with exceptional accuracy for the first time. In 1650 he was sent back to Rome to deliver a realistic account of the Jesuits' practices. On his homeward voyage he stayed for seven months in Batavia. He left again for China in 1658 and reached Macao in 1659 and remained in China until his death. De bello Tartarico historia is considered important in Chinese history, as Martini was an eyewitness to and lived through the frightful occurrences which brought about the violent overthrow of the ancient Ming dynasty in the years 1643-1644. - At the time the best general description of China. - Scarce.Cordier, BS, col. 623; Lust 440; Walravens, China illustrata, 101; Löwendahl 107; Howgego p.689. [Boeknr.: 10224 ]

€ 1500,00

MILNE, William Charles. La vie réelle en Chine. Traduite par André Tasset avec une introduction et des notes par M.G. Pauthier. Paris, Hachette et cie., 1858.Later half cloth. With 3 folding maps. XXVIII,548 pp. First French edition; first published in London in 1857: Life in China. - William Charles Milne (1815-1863) was a missionary to China.With the establishment of British Legation in Peking, Milne served as a tutor for the interpreters in the British civil service. From the contents: Western notions of life in China, Real Chinese life at Ningpo, A glance at life in the interior of China, Shanghai, State and prospects of China. Cordier, B.S., col. 88. [Boeknr.: 31307 ]

€ 125,00

MOSTERT, Tristan & Jan van CAMPEN. Silk thread. China and The Netherlands Nederlands from 1600. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum & Nijmegen, Vantilt, 2015. 4to. Pictorial boards. With many coloured illustrations. 240 pp. Part of the Rijksmuseum Country Series published by the museum's History Department. Each book in the series uses objects in the Rijksmuseum collection to explore the shared history of the Netherlands and overseas countries. [Boeknr.: 33964 ]

€ 25,00

MOSTERT, Tristan & Jan van CAMPEN. Zijden draad. China en Nederland 1600-2015. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum & Nijmegen, Vantilt, 2015. 4to. Pictorial boards. With many coloured illustrations. 240 pp. Part of the Rijksmuseum Country Series published by the museum's History Department. Each book in the series uses objects in the Rijksmuseum collection to explore the shared history of the Netherlands and overseas countries. [Boeknr.: 33963 ]

€ 25,00

MÜLLER, C. China en de Chineezen. De lotgevallen eener familie in het Hemelsche Rijk. Gouda, G.B. van Goor Zonen, (1890).Original decorated red cloth, with lettered in gilt on front 'Pensionaat St. Louis Roermond'. With 4 chromo-lithographed plates. IV,160 pp. China and the Chinese. The adventures of a family in the Celestial Empire. [Boeknr.: 31862 ]

€ 125,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Anhing. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Anhing ( (Anqing, Anhui), with pagoda and on the foreground several boats. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Lower corners blank margin waterstained, not affecting the image). Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37761 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China: waar in de gedenkwaerdigste geschiedenissen, die onder het reizen door de Sineesche landtschappen, Quantung, Kiangsi, Nanking, Xantung en Peking, en aan het keizerlijke hof Te Peking, sedert den jare 1655, tot 1657, zijn voorgevallen, op het bondigste verhandelt worden. Beneffens een naauwkeurige beschryving der Sineesche steden, dorpen, regeering, weetenschappen, handwerken, zeden, godsdiensten, gebouwen, drachten, scheepen, bergen, gewassen, dieren &c. en oorlogen tegen de Tarters. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.2 volumes in 1. Folio. Contemporary half calf (spine dam; one hinge cracked but holding). With title-page printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece depicting the emperor of China with globe and a convicted criminal (mounted), engraved portrait of the author, and 34 double-page engraved plates and 110 large engravings in the text; without the map. (8),208;258,(10) pp. Later edition; first published in 1665. - Between 1640 and 1644 Nieuhof was serving as an official of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) in Brazil, but by 1665 he was at Batavia, in Java, as a servant of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1665 Nieuhof published what is regarded as the definitive account of the Dutch embassy to Peking, and it is for this that he is best known (Howgego p.752). Nieuhof's account presented the Dutch reader with the most substantial and detailed description of the Middle Kingdom yet published. It contains information from the most important Jesuit sources and adds to them the observations of one of the first Dutchmen to travel in China's interior and visit the capital. Nieuhof's book is lavishly illustrated (providing) European readers with more realistic visual images of China's landscape and people than ever before (Lach-Kley, Asia in the making, III, p.484. This first embassy of the Dutch East India Company of Pieter de Goyer and Jakob de Keyser to the court of China in the years 1655-57, describes all the events during this mission, the country, people, flora & fauna, etc. It is one of the very few non-Jesuit sources of the period. It is richly illustrated with large views of all ports and places visited, starting with Batavia, and with numerous nice text-engravings illustrating in detail Chinese life in the 17th century. The illustrations, engraved after Nieuhof's relatively accurate drawings exercised a considerable influence on the European conception of China and were widely used and reproduced (Löwendahl p. 65). The Paolinxi-plate mentioned in the index is actually only present in the Latin edition. - (Lower blank margins in first part waterstained). - The first Dutch eye-witness account of China.Tiele 800; Landwehr, VOC, 539; Cat. NHSM I, p.499; Cordier, B.S., col.2344-2345; Lust 539-541; Löwendahl, Sino-Western relations, 147. [Boeknr.: 36413 ]

€ 1500,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Interior aulae imperatoriae facies. T keysers hof van binnen. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting the audience of the Dutch ambassadors at the Imperial court in Peking (Beijing). Showing the Forbidden City with the inner courtyard of the emperor's imperial palace with surrounding buildings, with legenda. Ca. 19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37738 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Jamcefu. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Jamcefu (Yangzhou, Jiangsu), with boat moored on canal at centre foreground, and with pagodas. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37747 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Kajutsiu. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Kajutsiu (Gaoyou, Yangzhou, Jiangsu) with boats sailing along a channel at centre, numerous figures walking along a road on a raised bank at left, and with pagodas. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Small hole rep.).Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37746 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Kancheu. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Kancheu (Ganzhou Jiangxi) with its ramparts, and behind the city wall a pagoda and on the foreground several boats. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Corners blank margin waterstained). Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37756 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Kanton in plattegrondt. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting highly detailed plan of Canton (Guangzhou), looking from the water toward the city, with a bustling coastline with boats, nice title cartouche and legenda in French and Dutch. Ca.28 x 36 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37751 ]

€ 125,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Kiangsi. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Kiangsi ((Nanchang, Jiangxi,) with its ramparts and behind the city wall a pagoda and on the foreground some boats. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Lower corners blank margin waterstained, not affecting the image). Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37758 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Kinnungcam. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Kinnungam (Ji'an, Jiangxi.) with its ramparts and behind the city wall a pagoda and on the foreground some boats. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Lower corners blank margin waterstained, not affecting the image). Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37757 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Kuching. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Kuching (Gui Kuchin) with boats on the Li River. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37742 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Makou. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting the battle of Macao, 21-24 June 1622. Portuguese repel Dutch attack. Two Dutch ships and smaller boats in foregound, one ship firing, responded by shots from a square tower on a distant hilltop at left. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Left corner damaged with small loss of image).Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37753 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Namhun Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Namhun ((Nanxiong, Guangdong,) with its ramparts, with several boats and behind the city there is a mountainous landscape. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Corners blank margin waterstained). Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37755 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Namkun / Nankang. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Nankang (Xingzi County, renamed to Lushan City in 2016) with its ramparts and behind the city wall a pagoda and on the foreground some boats. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Lower corners blank margin waterstained, not affecting the image). Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37759 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Nanking. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a Chinese landscape with view of the city of Nanking (Nanjing). Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37748 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Pagode van binnen. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a pagoda with the interior of a temple and outbuildings. Ca. 19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37736 ]

€ 65,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Peking. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a panoramic view of Peking (Beijing) with the surrounding countryside. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37739 ]

€ 125,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Plattegrondt van't keysers hof in Peking. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a plan of the emperor's court (the Forbidden city) in Peking (Beijing) with legenda. Ca. 19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37737 ]

€ 65,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Single. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Single on the river of Jinghai, with its ramparts and boats on the river. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37741 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Tiencienwey. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting boats on the river in the city of Tiencienwey (Tienshin) in China with the surrounding buildings. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37740 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Tonglingh. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city Tonglingh (Tongling Anhui) with its ramparts, with in the foreground boats on the river and in the background is a mountainous landscape. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37750 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Tonglou. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Tonglou (Dongliu Town ?) with its ramparts, with in the foreground boats on the river and in the background is a mountainous landscape. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37752 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Tuncham. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting the Chinese city of Tuncham (Dezhou, Shandong) with its ramparts, boats on the river and in the foreground some people fishing. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37743 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Ufu. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Ufu (Wuhu, Anhui), with in the foreground boats on the river. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37749 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Xantsui. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting view of landscape, with the city of Xantsui (Sanshui, Guangdong) with its ramparts. With nice title cartouche. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37744 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Joan. Xaocheu ou Sucheu. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Xaocheu / Sucheu (Shaoguan, Guangdong) with its ramparts and pagoda, seen from the Yangtze River. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Lower blank margin waterstained not affecting the image).Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37754 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Johan. Ananas & musa. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a landscape with a pineapple and a banana plant. Ca. 19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37735 ]

€ 45,00

NIEUHOF, Johan. Hoaigan. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Hoaigan (Huai'an, Jiangsu) with its ramparts, with several ships and a pagoda. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37745 ]

€ 95,00

NIEUHOF, Johan. Hukoen of Huku. Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals, 1693.Engraving depicting a view of the Chinese city of Hukoen (Hukou, Jiujiang, Jiangxi), on the foreground some boats. Ca.19 x 31 cm. From: Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). The illustrations of Nieuhof's embassy to Peking were one inspiration for chinoiserie which became especially popular in the 18th century. Many artists and architects based their designs on his pictures. - (Lower corners blank margin waterstained, not affecting the image). Landwehr, VOC, 539. [Boeknr.: 37760 ]

€ 95,00

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA LINE. NYK Line to Japan, China, around the world. NYK Line, (1931). Folding out brochure. With world map indicating NYK's shipping routes and many photographic illustrations of their ships and their interiors, and views of places in Asia. 'To the colorful Orient around the world. Ten ships provide fortnightly sailings from England and continental Europe to Japan and China by the way of the blue Mediterranean, calling at the many fascinating ports of this long route'. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 37444 ]

€ 75,00

NORTON, Edward Felix, J.G. BRUCE, a.o. De strijd om den top. De jongste beklimming van den Mount-Everest. Voor Nederland bewerkt door Arthur Tervooren. Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay, (1926). Original cloth, gilt lettering. With folding map and plates (several in colours). 327 pp. First Dutch edition; first published in London in 1925: The fight for Everest: 1924. - The official account of the 3rd expedition to Mount Everest in 1924. Norton and Odell write the two attemps on the summit and the final tragedy, namely the first attempt by Norton and Somervell to 8,534 m., then the second by Mallory and Irvine who passed away eternally. - Nice copy.Yakushi N64d; Neate N31 (English ed.). [Boeknr.: 22234 ]

€ 45,00

OLIPHANT, Laurence. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1860.Original brown cloth gilt (extremities of spine dam.). With coloured lithographed frontispiece showing a winter scene in Japan, and 60 wood-engraved plates and illustrations. XVI,645 pp. First American edition. - Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888), British adventurer, diplomat, author and traveller, was private secretary to Lord Elgin (1811-1863) who was appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East to assist in the process of opening up China and Japan to Western trade. During the Second Opium War, he led the bombardment of Canton (Guangzhou) and oversaw the end of the war by signing the Treaty of Tientsin (Tianjin) on 26 June 1858. In August 1858, he signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with Japan, whose negotiation was much eased by the recent Harris Treaty between Japan and the United States. The first part gives a detailed survey of the river Yangtze, opening up the hinterland to Western commerce. The second part gives a detailed description of the political and social conditions in Japan. 'The Narrative of the Earl of Elgin�s Mission to China and Japan (1859) gives a fascinating account of 19th-century gunboat diplomacy' (Encycl. Britannica). - This is a major eyewitness account of the opening of China and Japan.Cordier, B.S., col. 2376; Cordier, B.J., col. 547; Löwendahl 1224; Howgego IV, p.461-462. [Boeknr.: 31456 ]

€ 375,00

POLO, Marco - Henry YULE. The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East. Translated and edited, with notes. Third edition, revised throughout in the light of recent dfiscoveries by Henri Cordier. With a memoir of Henry Yule by his daughter Amy Frances Yule. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.2 volumes. Original red cloth, with printed paper labels to spines. With numerous illustrations, plates and maps (many folding). CII,462; XXII,662 pp. The standard edition of the travels of Marco Polo (1254-1324), divided into four books. Book one describes the lands of the Middle East and Central Asia that Marco encountered on his way to China. Book two describes China and the court of Kublai Khan. Book three describes some of the coastal regions of the East: Japan, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, and the east coast of Africa. Book four describes some of the then-recent wars among the Mongols and some of the regions of the far north, like Russia. - An attractive set. [Boeknr.: 36619 ]

€ 450,00

PORTLOCK, Nathaniel & George DIXON. Reis naar de noord-west kust van Amerika gedaan in de jaren 1785, 1786, 1787 en 1788. Uit derzelver oorspronklijke reisverhalen zamengesteld en vertaald. Amsterdam, Matthijs Schalekamp, 1795.4to. Later half calf, with red morocco title label to spine. With folding engraved map and 9 folding engraved plates, views and portraits (including the Indian music score). XII,(4),265,(1) pp. First Dutch edition; first published in London in 1789 A voyage round the world, but more particularly to the North-West coast of America. - Two ships, the King George and Queen Charlotte, under the commands of Portlock and Dixon were sent out by the King George's Sound Company in 1785 for the purpose of pursuing the fur trade in America and China. Both men had accompanied Captain Cook on his last voyage. After visiting the Falkland Islands, the two ships made a long stay at the Hawaiian Islands, then proceeded to America, they sailed home by way of Macao and St.Helena in 1789. They surveyed the north-west coast of America, which was the most important result of the voyage. This is the principal account of the first commercial voyage to the Northwest Coast and the first English voyage to visit Hawaii after that of Captain James Cook. - (Small library stamp on verso of plates). - Important and rare book.Tiele 878; Cat. NHSM I, p.270; Muller, America, p.147; Sabin 64395; Howes 494; Lada-Mocarski 42/43; Hill 1376; Forbes 253. [Boeknr.: 1188 ]

€ 1250,00

REEUWIJK, Alexander. (Ed.). Voyage of discovery. Exploring the collections of the Asian Library at Leiden University. Leiden, University Press, 2017. 4to. Pictorial boards. With many coloured illustrations. 335 pp. Contains more than twenty essays by academics, curators, and authors on their experiences with the Leiden Asian collections, richly illustrated. [Boeknr.: 35123 ]

€ 60,00

ROODENBURG, Linda. De bril van Anceaux. Anceaux's glasses. Volkenkundige fotografie vanaf 1860. Anthropological photography since 1860. Met bijdragen van Gosewijn van Beek, Eric Venbrux, Philip Jones, Nol Wentholt. Leiden, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, (2002). 4to. Wrappers. With many photographic illustrations (some in colours). 192 pp. Photographic plates of Susan Meiselas (West Papua), Roy Villevoye (West Papua), C.E. LeMunyon (China), Jean Demmeni (Borneo), G.M. Versteeg (Suriname), Johann Büttikofer (Liberia), Onnes Kurkdjian (Java), etc. Linda Roodenburg is doing research into colonial and anthropological photography and film for the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. [Boeknr.: 21997 ]

€ 30,00

SMITH, Barnett G. General Gordon. The christian soldier and hero. London, S.W. Patridge & Co., (1903).Original pictorial cloth (sl. stained). With illustrations. 160;32 pp. Charles George Gordon C1833 - 1885) saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army. However, he made his military reputation in China, where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army", a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. He entered the service of the Khedive of Egypt in 1873 (with British government approval) and later became the Governor-General of the Sudan, where he did much to suppress revolts and the local slave trade. [Boeknr.: 37306 ]

€ 45,00

STONE, Albert Hendrix & J.Hammond REED. Historic Lushan. The Kuling Mountains. Hankow, Arthington Press Religious Tract Society, 1921. Original black cloth. With folding map (small tear) and many photographic plates. II,106 pp. First edition. - Mount Lu or Lushan is situated in the northern part of Jiangxi province in Central Asia, it is one of the renowned mountains in the country. Lushan was a summer resort for western missionaries in China. [Boeknr.: 31284 ]

€ 150,00

TAYLOR, Bayard. A visit to India, China, and Japan, in the year 1853. New York, G.P. Putman & Co., 1855.Original embossed blue cloth (foot of spine dam.). With engraved title with oval view of the Tash Mahal and steelengraving depicting The valley of Unna in Loo-Choo. 539 pp. First edition. - Cordier, B.S., col. 2122; Cordier, B.J., col. 521; Löwendahl 1549. [Boeknr.: 31612 ]

€ 95,00

TEA TRADE WITH CHINA. Publicatie. Wij Willem, bij de gratie Gods, prins van Oranje-Nassau ... Ingevolge art. 7 van ons besluit van den 7 dezer maand, zullende regelen de hoeveelheid der inkomende regten op de coloniale produten, waaronder de tabak mede behoorende is, als ook op het zout. ... Ten aanzien van het artikel der thee, wordt provisioneel, en tot dat de eigene handel uit deze landen op China finaal zal geregeld zijn, niet alleen aan de hier voren gemelde wetten van inkomende of uitgaande regten, (die) �zedert 1798 tot 1810 bestonden, op nieuw kracht van wet toegekend. 's Gravenhage, G. Vosmaer, 1813. Broadsheet. Official publication. 41,5 x 33 cm. Official publication about the regulations of colonial products such as tobacco, salt and tea with China.OCLC 911957813: just one copy known in WorldCat. [Boeknr.: 37731 ]

€ 325,00

THOMSON, John. China the land and its people. Early photographs. Hong Kong, John Warner Publications, (1979). Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 141 photographic illustrations. 160 pp. Original published in 1873. - John Thomson (1837-1919) was a traveller, writer and pioneer photographer. [Boeknr.: 31192 ]

€ 35,00

TORÉN, Olof & Gustav EKEBERG. Reise des Herrn Olof Toree nach Surate und China, nebst einer kurzen Beschreibung von der chinesischen Feldökonomiae und einer Nachricht von dem gegenwärtigen Zustande der engländischen Colonien in dem nördlichen Amerika. Herausgegeben von Linnáus. Leipzig, Christian Gottlob Hilscher, 1772.Sm.8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine lettered in gilt (foot of spine sl. dam.). 238 pp. First German edition. - Olof Torén was a Swedish botanist and priest (1718-1753). The first part contains a German translation of Torén's East India Company voyage to China in 1750-1752, in the form of letters to Linnaeus, originally published as an appendix to Osbeck's narrative (1757). Followed by a translation of Carl Gustaf Ekeberg's Kort berättelse om den chinesiske landt--hushållningen, (A brief account of Chinese husbandry), first published in Stockholm in 1757. The appendix contains a German translation of Dominique de Blackford's Précis de l' état actuel des colonies angloises dans l' Amérique septentrionale (Milan 1771). This work includes: Antwort des Herren (Benjamin) Franklin auf das gerichtliche Befragen vor dem Unterhause im Februar 1766 als die Widerrufung der Stempelacte dasselbst in Erwegung gezogen wurde. (30 pp). The Stamp Act 1765, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp. The articles written in colonial newspapers were particularly critical of the act because of the Stamp Act's disproportionate effect on printers. - (Two small library stamps on title-page). - Scarce.Cordier, BS, col. 2097-98; Walravens 197; Löwendahl 566; Sabin 5691 & 96191 (not seen); Eutiner Landesbibliothek 1395; Boucher de la Richarderie VI, p.57-58. [Boeknr.: 36787 ]

€ 1250,00

TOWNSEND, William John. Robert Morrison. The pioneer of Chinese missions. New York & Chicago, Fleming H. Revell, (ca. 1880).Original pictorial gilt cloth. With many woodengraved plates and illustrations. 160 pp. Robert Morrison (1782 - 1834), was an Anglo-Scottish Protestant missionary to Portuguese Macao, Qing-era Guangdong, and Dutch Malacca, who was also a pioneering sinologist, lexicographer, and translator considered the "Father of Anglo-Chinese Literature". [Boeknr.: 37307 ]

€ 45,00

VIANI, Sostegno. Istoria delle cose operate nella China da monsignor Gio. Ambrogio Mezzabarba partriarca d'Alessandria, legato appostolico in quell' imperio. Edizione seconda. Colonia, appresso Enrico Aertssens, 1740.Sm.8vo. Contemporary vellum, with autograph title to spine. Title-page printed in red and black, with woodcut vignette. XV,256 pp. Second edition; the first edition was published in Paris in 1739. - Account of the legation trying to improve the relations between the Jesuits and the Catholic Church with the Chinese Emperor Kang-Hsi. 'In 1720, Clement XI, wishing to alleviate the hardships of the Church in China, despatched to the East a new legate, G.A. Mezzabarba, Patriarch of Alexandria. On October 12, he reached Canton (Guangzhou) and secured with difficulty an audience with the Kangxi emperor, whom he appeased by promising that the constitution would be mildly interpreted. In fact, on November 4 1721, before starting for Europe, he granted eight permissions, whereby he thought, while maintaining fully the decree of Clement XI, to remedy all hardships resulting therefrom for the converts, especially those of the better class. It was permitted to kneel down and make offerings before the amended tablets of Confucius and ancestors, as well as before the coffin of a deceased person, provided they were preceded by the necessary explanations' (Löwendahl, Sino-Western relations, 412). - A fine copy.Cordier, BS, col. 920; Lust 878. [Boeknr.: 30797 ]

€ 850,00

VIXSEBOXSE, J. Een Hollandsch gezantschap naar China in de zeventiende eeuw (1685-1687). Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1946. Wrappers. 130 pp. - (Sinica Leidensia). [Boeknr.: 11672 ]

€ 25,00

WEALE, B.L. Putnam (Bertram Lenox SIMPSON). Manchu and Moscovite. Being letters from Manchuria written during the autumn of 1903. London, Macmillan and Co., 1904. Original red cloth. With many photographic plates (map missing). XX,552 pp. First edition. - With an historical sketch entitled 'Prologue to the crisis' giving a complete account of the Manchurian frontiers from the earliest days and the growth and final meeting of the Russian and Chinese empires in the Amur Regions'. [Boeknr.: 25154 ]

€ 35,00

WIEGER, Léon. Folk-lore Chinois moderne. Sienhsien, Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique, 1908, mounted with book label of Librairie Orientale & Amèricaine, Paris, E. Guilmoto. Original red cloth (some wormholes). With some illustrations. 422 pp. First edition. - With parallel text in Chinese and French. Léon Wieger was a celebrated French Jesuit missionary, medical doctor and sinologist who worked at the Catholic mission in Heijan. - (Some wormholes). [Boeknr.: 31173 ]

€ 175,00

WILKINSON, James & Thomas PERCY. (Ed.). Chineesche geschiedenis, behelzende de gevallen van den heer Tieh-Chung-U en de jongvrouw Shuey-Ping-Sin. Nevens het kort begrip van een Chineesch tooneelspel, eenige Chineesche dichtstukjes, en eene verzameling van spreekwoorden der Chineezen. oorspronglyk in de Chineesche taale beschreeven. Daar uit in't Engelsch overgezet, en met breedvoerige aantekeningen, vervattende zeer veele byzonderheden wegens de zeden en gewoonten der Chineezen, verrykt. Nu in't Nederduitsch vertaald. Amsterdam, Erven van F. Houttuyn, 1767.Contemporary half calf (extremities of spine dam.). With title-page printed in red and black and 4 engraved plates by R. Nuys. XXV,(3),628,(12) pp. First Dutch edition of the Chinese novel of romance and adventure Haoqui zhuan, translated from the English edition Hau kiaou choaan, or the pleasing history. London 1761. 'According to the introduction, the translation dated 1719 was made by an English merchant, James Wilkinson in Canton. Percy revised the draft for grammer only, and read a good deal for the notes' (Lust p.260). It is the first important piece of Chinese imaginative literature to be published in Europe. Haoqiu zhuan gives an idea of the everyday life of China, which was neglected by the scholarly researches of the missionaries (Löwendahl 514). This work also contains an overview of a Chinese play, a treatise on Chinese poetry, translations of some Chinese poems, and a number of Chinese proverbs and sayings. - Scarce.Cordier, B.S., col. 1755; Lust 1107. [Boeknr.: 31352 ]

€ 1450,00

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