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Dim.: 33 x 21,5 x 5,5 cm
Full title: 'Het Gezandtschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China: Waarin 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 jaren 1655 tot 1657 zijn voorgevallen, op het bondigste verhandelt worden. Beneffens een Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Sineesche Steden, Dorpen, Regeering, Weetenschappen, Hantwerken, Zeden, Godsdiensten, Gebouwen, Drachten, Schepen, Bergen, Gewassen, Dieren, et cetera en oorlogen tegen de Tartar : verçiert men over de 150 afbeeltsels, na't leven in Sina getekent.'
Antwerp, Belgium, Michiel Cnobbaert, ca. 1666.
It should be noted that five engravings are lacking between pages 32–33, 36–37, 58–59, 62–63, and 88–89, together with the final index page intended for the bookbinder.
An important early travel account describing the Dutch East India Company’s embassy to China (1655–1657), led by Pieter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyser. Nieuhof, who accompanied the mission as steward, provides one of the earliest and most detailed Western descriptions of Chinese court life, architecture, landscapes, and customs.
Illustrated with copper engravings based on the author’s drawings, the work profoundly influenced Europe’s perception of China and became a key source for chinoiserie design. This Antwerp edition, printed by Michiel Cnobbaert shortly after the Amsterdam original of 1665, closely follows the first while featuring re-engraved plates and local typographical differences.