Original Copper Engraving Depicting Dutch Merchants visting China, ca.1700
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Date
1700
Mapmaker / artist
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683. Source Title: Atlas Chinensis: being a second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the vic
Publisher
printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers,
Sheet size
26 × 34 cm (10.2 × 13.4 in)
Condition
Fair
Reference
BG-13272-1
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Browned and brown-stained, edges stronger and with a few small stains and blemishes. The paper rather brittle, but overal still a very sharp image of this rare image. Study the image carefully or ask for more images.
About this sheet
The Dutch man Pieter van Hoorn, his son, trompetters and futher entourage are visiting China.
Creator: Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683. Source Title: Atlas Chinensis: being a second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the vice-roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary.
Source Created or Published: 1671
Atlas Chinensis: being a second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the vice-roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary. With a relation of the Netherlanders assisting the Tartar against Coxinga, and the Chinese fleet, who till then were masters of the sea. And a more exact geographical description than formerly, both of the whole empire of China in general, and in particular of every of the fifteen provinces. Collected out of their several writings and journals, by Arnoldus Montanus. English'd, and adorn'd with above a hundred several sculptures, by John Ogilby, Esq; master of His Majesty's revels in the kingdom of Ireland.
Place of Creation or Publication: London : Publisher: printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers,
