B10634
Language code
eng, dut
Shelfmark
Bl.4.08
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Ch.1.2.14, [Copy-specific notes:] Extra-illustrated with engravings., [Provenance:] Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799., [Binding:] 18th century blue, gold-tooled morocco.
Author
Ides, Evert Ysbrants
Uniform title
[Driejaarige reize naar China, te lande gedaan door den Moskovischen., English]
Title
Three years travel from Moscow over-land to China: thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking. Containing, an exact ... description of the extent ... of those countries, and the customs of the barbarous inhabitants ... Written by His Excellency E. Ysbrants Ides ... Illustrated with a large map ... and many curious cuts. To which is annex'd an accurate description of China, done originally by a Chinese author ... Printed in Dutch ... and now faithfully done into English.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London :, Printed for W. Freeman, J. Walthoe, T. Newborough, J. Nicholson, and R. Parker,, 1706.
Physical description
[12], 210p, plates (some folded) ;, 4to.
Note
X.
Note
Translation (Dutch-English) of "Driejaarige reize naar China, te lande gedaan door den Moskovischen ...".
Note
Additional engraved title-page, dated 1705.
Note
"A short description of the vast empire of China" is by Dionysius Kao.
Note
Part of the Kessler China Collection.
Citation/references note
Cordier 2468; Lust 519
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 1996; Kessler bookplate.
Provenance
Bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester.
Binding
18th century blind-stamped calf.
Subject
Yaounde (Place), Description and travel, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Siberia (Place), Description and travel, Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Kao, Dionysius.
Added entry--place
England, London.
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Ch.1.2.14, [Copy-specific notes:] Extra-illustrated with engravings., [Provenance:] Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799., [Binding:] 18th century blue, gold-tooled morocco.
B10634
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