[Nan'an] Nangan. [&] A Chinese Sepulcher.
[Wenceslaus Hollar]
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Two etchings, mounted on album paper back to back. Each sheet c.105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾") Trimmed to plate.
Two views: a view of a junk on a river at Nan'an, a suburb of Ganzhou; and a view of a tomb cut into the side of a hill, with a funeral procession. Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johan Nieuhof's account of the embassy.
Pennington 1159 & 2389.
[Ref: 58668] £160.00
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Two etchings, mounted on album paper back to back. Each sheet c.105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾") Trimmed to plate.
Two views: a view of a junk on a river at Nan'an, a suburb of Ganzhou; and a view of a tomb cut into the side of a hill, with a funeral procession. Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johan Nieuhof's account of the embassy.
Pennington 1159 & 2389.
[Ref: 58668] £160.00