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an old drawing of three men and a child with a bowa drawing of a palace with elephants and people in it
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Estimate €1,200 - €1,600
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China Ides, Everhard Ysebrants A Three-Year Journey to China, undertaken overland from Moscow … From Moscow, through Groot, Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Siberia … all the way to China … With an engraved title page, 22 half-sheets. Text engravings, 1 engraved multi-folded map and 9 (8 folded copperplate plates), 1 engraved initial and vignette. Amsterdam, P. de Coup 1710. 16 leaves, 243 pp., 2 leaves, 4°, 18th-century leather. (Hinges worn, partly with loss of lining, binding loose). Cordier II 2469. Tiele 519. Henze II, 683. Lipperheide Le 7. Cox I 330f. – Second edition. – Comprehensive account of the diplomatic mission undertaken between 1692 and 1696 on behalf of Tsar Peter I by the German merchant Ides of Glückstadt. - The copperplate engravings depict views (including Tobolsk and Nerchinsk), Siberian traditional costumes, the envoys’ procession before the Great Wall, an audience with the Emperor, the Dalai Lama, and the Great Wall of China, etc. - Includes the large map of Siberia and Asia, which is usually missing. - A few plates with minor discolouration; the map has small tears in a few places along the fold. - “The expedition added considerable geographical knowledge to the little that was known about Northern Manchuria and China.” (Cox). - An impressively illustrated travel account. Second edition. - A comprehensive account of the legation journey undertaken in 1692–96 by the German merchant Ides from Glückstadt on behalf of Tsar Peter I. - The engravings depict impressive views (Tobolsk and Nerchinsk, amongst others), Siberian costumes, the envoys’ procession in front of the Great Wall, an audience with the Emperor, the Dalai Lama, and the Great Wall of China, etc. – Includes the largely missing large map of Siberia and Asia. – A few plates have minor defects; the map has small tears in a few places along the fold. - “The expedition added considerable geographical knowledge to the little that was known about Northern Manchuria and China.” (Cf. Fox). - An impressively illustrated travelogue.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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