The Met CollectionSearch ArtLegatio batavica ad magnum Tartariæ chamum Sungteium, modernum Sinæ imperatorem : historiarum narratione, quæ legatis in provinciis Quantung, Kiangsi, Nanking, Xantung, Peking, & aula imperatoriâ ab anno 1665 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

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 1665 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

Author Johannes Nieuhof Dutch

Publisher Jacob van Meurs Dutch

Translator Georg Horn German

1668

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Title: 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 1665 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
Author: Johannes Nieuhof (Dutch, Uelsen 1618–1672 Madagascar)
Publisher: Jacob van Meurs (Dutch, 1619–1680)
Translator: Georg Horn (German, 1620–1670)
Date: 1668
Geography: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dimensions: 184, 172, [8] pages, [35] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, folded map, portraits ; Height: 12 5/8 in. (32 cm)
Object Number: 912.1 N55

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