Exceptional manuscript by Jesuit Joseph-Marie Amiot, Abregé chronologique de l’histoire universelle de l’Empire Chinois, written between 1770-1789, on the history of China, by the hand of Jesuit active during the second half of the 18th century, and one of the period´s greatest sinologists; appealingly illustrated and in its entirely genuine …
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The most important dutch collection of travel literature published during the seventeenth century: Lach & Van Kley
One of the most important Dutch collection of voyages to Africa, Asia and America, compiled by Isaac Commelin, the general title is Begin ende Voortgangh, van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie printed in 1646 in Amsterdam, it boasts a total of 230 engraved plates and maps (some folding). It …