Title
Descriptio legationis Batavicae Societatis Indiae Orientalis ad magnum Tartariae chamum , modernum Sinae Imperatorem
Legatio batavica ad magnum Tartariæ chamum Sungteium, modernum Sinæ imperatorem
Subject
China--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Frontispieces (illustrations); Engravings (prints);
Description
Engraved frontispiece showing a sitting emperor, his hand on a globe, surrounded by his entourage and watching an execution. Text at head of the image reads: "Descriptio legationis Batavicae Societatis Indiae Orientalis ad magnum Tartariae chamum, modernum Sinae Imperatorem, cum privilegio." Transferred from St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary, Perryville, MO.
Black and white engraving : 32.0 x 20.0 cm.
Creator
Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672
Source
Special Collections and Archives, DePaul University Library; Chicago, IL, USA 60614; http://library.depaul.edu/Collections/SpecialCollectionArchives.aspx
Publisher
Amstelodami : apud J. Meursium
Date
1668
Contributor
Horn, Georg, 1620-1670; Goyer, Pieter de; Keizer, Jacob de; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
Rights
Please contact the Special Collections and Archives Department of DePaul University Library regarding rights and any reproduction.
Relation
Legatio batavica ad magnum Tartariæ chamum Sungteium, modernum Sinæ imperatorem: historiarum narratione, quæ legatis in provinciis Quantung, Kiangsi, Nanking, Xantung, Peking, & aula imperatoriâ ab anno 1655 ad annum 1657 obtigerunt, ut & ardua Sinensium in bello Tartarico fortunâ, provinciarum accurata geographia, urbium delineatione, nec non artis & naturæ miraculis ex animalium, vegetabilium, mineralium genere per centum & quinquaginta æneas figuras passim illustrata & conscripta vernacule / per Joannem Nieuhovium ; Latinitate donata per clarissimum virum Georgium Hornium, historiarum inceleberrimâ Lugd. Batav. Acad. Prof.
Format
TIFF
Language
Latin
Type
Text
Identifier
LegatioBatavica_20130116
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