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

Hong kong 1846



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


A lively scene of people congregating near to the Great Temple in Macao. Some people are seen engaged in various commercial activites, while others are in conversation.1845

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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