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Plan de la Ville de Quancheu ou Kanton: Capital de la Province de Quantung en Chine. Kanton in Platte Grondt.

Plan de la Ville de Quancheu ou Kanton: Capital de la Province de Quantung en Chine. Kanton in Platte Grondt.

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Plan de la Ville de Quancheu ou Kanton: Capital de la Province de Quantung en Chine. Kanton in Platte Grondt.

by [GUANGZHOU - ANTIQUE PRINT] VAN DER AA, PIERRE

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Leide. (Leiden).: Chez Pierre van der Aa. c1720.. A striking and detailed copper engraved plan of Guangzhou (Kanton/Canton), capital of the southern Chinese Province of Guangdong, with a view of the European and Chinese ships in the harbour, landmarks, buildings, key to the main monuments and text. From the drawings of the Dutch adventurer Johannes (Jan) Nieuhoff. Source: Nieuhof, Gezantschap (Van Meurs 1670). Many of these views are among the earliest European made views of China. Fold in the centre, 2 small closed tears on the lower margin, not affecting the plate. 36.1 x 28cm, with the plate mark - 36.8 x 28.8cm. Number 32 written neatly in ink within the margin. Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was born in Leiden, Holland. He started his own book publishing business when he was only twenty-three. His prolific output of highly decorated maps and atlases culminated in his magnum opus “Galerie Agreable du Monde” which illustrated the world known to Europeans in the early eighteenth century. Comprising 66 volumes it was the of plates published at that time, it has been estimated that only 100 copies were published. .

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
137008
Title
Plan de la Ville de Quancheu ou Kanton: Capital de la Province de Quantung en Chine. Kanton in Platte Grondt.
Author
[GUANGZHOU - ANTIQUE PRINT] VAN DER AA, PIERRE
Book Condition
Used
Publisher
Chez Pierre van der Aa
Place of Publication
Leide. (Leiden).
Date Published
c1720.
Keywords
Canton, China, Dutch, Dutch Language, East Asia, Liangguang, Lingnan, Map, Maps, South China, Zz_gallery_ephemera_and_maps, zz_ListOn_eBay
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