Farm in the vicinity of Beidaihe, Hebei. Scan from a glass plate negative.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
DE BRY, Th. - Punishment of a criminal in China 1599
DE BRY, Th. - Punishment of a criminal in China
Mirae Chinensium ceremoniae, quibus in sacris & diuino cultu vtuntur.
DE BRY, Th. - Mirae Chinensium ceremoniae, quibus in sacris & diuino cultu vtuntur.
A religious scene in China Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. From Part II, PARS INDIAE ORIENTALIS, IN QU JOHAN. HUGONIS LINTSCOTANI NAVIGATIO IN ORIENTEM.
After his stay in the Indian city of Goa, Van Linschoten set out for Europe with a Portuguese return fleet in 1588. One of the ships was wrecked off the Azores in 1591. Van Linschoten was given the task of staying behind to protect the cargo. At the request of the Portuguese governor of the islands, Dom Christovão de Moura, he made a map of the city.
Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in 1598. His widow, two sons, and another family member continued the work, which comprised a total of fifty-four parts when it was completed in 1630. The publication is in two series, denoted the Grands Voyages and the Petit Voyages. A German edition of the Petit Voyages was published in 1599 in Frankfurt am Main. A second German edition came out in 1616. Latin editions were published in 1609 and 1629
After his stay in the Indian city of Goa, Van Linschoten set out for Europe with a Portuguese return fleet in 1588. One of the ships was wrecked off the Azores in 1591. Van Linschoten was given the task of staying behind to protect the cargo. At the request of the Portuguese governor of the islands, Dom Christovão de Moura, he made a map of the city.
Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in 1598. His widow, two sons, and another family member continued the work, which comprised a total of fifty-four parts when it was completed in 1630. The publication is in two series, denoted the Grands Voyages and the Petit Voyages. A German edition of the Petit Voyages was published in 1599 in Frankfurt am Main. A second German edition came out in 1616. Latin editions were published in 1609 and 1629
A Parade of Noblemen in China-1599
DE BRY, Th. - A Parade of Noblemen in China.
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Hong-Kong: Queen's Road West. Publisher: The Illustrated London News. 1857
Hong-Kong.
Publisher: Paris? c1860
Royal Artillery Athletic Sports at Hong Kong.
Publisher: The Graphic. 1886.
Pedder's Hill and Harbour Master's House, Hong Kong. Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. Kowloon Fort, Opposite Hong Kong. Dutch Folly Fort, Canton River.Publisher: The Illustrated London News, 1857
[Hotels and villas on the peak of Hong Kong.]Publisher:c.1885.
View of Macao in China.
Publisher: London. c1800
View of Hong Kong. 1880
A distant view of Macao, taken from the sea. Sampans, on a storm tossed sea are seen in the foreground1845
An attractive mid nineteenth century lithograph of the Chinese Temple in the far eastern Portuguese Dependency of Macao.
A tranquil scene of people worshiping around the great temple in the far eastern Portuguese Dependency of Macao.1843
Shop of the Chinese Baker, Esing (Alum), at Victoria, Hong Kong.
Publisher: The Illustrated London News. 1857
Vue prise dans la vallee principale de Hong Kong. - Aqueduc en Bambou
Publisher: Paris. c.1870.
1870
Kowloon Fort opposite Hong Kong.
Publisher: c.1885.
View of Hong Kong, from across the harbour. French ship in the foreground.
A street in Hong Kong, China.1870
The Welcoming dor by the Lipu half an hower without the Towne PECKING
This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the account written by the diplomat Jan Nieuhoff who was the steward of the first Dutch trade Ambassadors to China. The Dutch East India Company was keen to persuade the Emperor to open up the Chinese ports to the Dutch, and Nieuhoff joined Pieter van Goyer and Jacob de Keyser on the mission to visit the Emperor Chun-Chi. The work includes many remarks on Chinese manners and customs, together with a second part comprising a general description of the Chinese Empire. The fine plates and illustrations show town views in China, Tibet and Tartary, together with subjects such as costumes and natural history. Atlas Chinensis is a superb work on China, noteworthy not only for text, bringing notice of the mysteries of the East to English readers, but for the magnificent engraved illustrations and plates.
Publisher: London. 1671
The Royall BANQUET.
Publisher: London 1671
The Idoll Sechia. AFGOD SECHIA [China Buddha]
Publisher: London 1671
The departure of the Empirour Hocksieuw to the EMPERIASS COURT at PEKING. 1671
PAOLINX PAGODA.
Publisher: London 1671
China)
LANKIN
Publisher: 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.. John OGILBY. 1671
The Idoll, VITEK or NINIFO. Afgod VITEK of NINIFO.
Publisher: London 1671
This fascinating copperplate engraving, showing interior of a temple, comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby.
[China]
Publisher: London 1671
Handsome engraving of four inhabitants of China, with Latin and Dutch caption along the lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, the famous Itinerarium, in three parts comprising Description de l'Amerique, Le Grande Route de Mer, and Histoire de la Navigation, were published individually and together in many editions from 1595 onwards
(Chinese watercolour on rice paper)
Stunning set of twelve watercolours depicting traditional Chinese rituals. Framed in handmade bamboo gilded frames.
View of the Tower of the Thundering Winds on the borders of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs.
Publisher: London. 1797
OGILBY, John.
HITSIU. In the Province of Tzietkiang
Publisher: London. 1671
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