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. With a relation of the Netherlanders assisting the Tartar against Coxinga, and the Chinese fleet, who till then were masters of the sea. And a more exact geographical description than formerly, both of the whole empire of China in general, and in particular of every of the fifteen provinces. Collected out of their several writings and journals / by Arnoldus Montanus. English'd, and adorn'd with above a hundred several sculptures, by John Ogilby, esq.
| Author/creator | Montanus, Arnoldus |
| Other author | Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, translator. |
| Other author | Dapper, Olfert, 1635 or 1636-1689. |
| Other author | Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by T. Johnson for the author [i.e. Ogilby], 1671. |
| Description | 3 preliminary leaves, 723 pages : illustrations, plates (some folded) double maps ; 42 cm |
| Subjects |
| Added title page | Second & third embassie to ye. empire of Taysing or China |
| Variant title | Binder's spine title: Ogilby's China |
| Local note | Joyner Rare copy contains 32 double-leaf plates and 6 single-leaf plates, without the general map of China and one other map sometimes recorded. Bound as v. 2 of "Ogilby's China" with v. 1: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China deliver'd by their excellencies, Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking (London : Printed by the author [i.e. Ogilby], 1673) |
| General note | Half-title, engr.: The second & third embassie to ye. empire of Taysing or China ... 1671. |
| General note | Running title, p. 2-633: Several embassies to the emperor of China; p. 634-723: A late description of the empire of China. |
| General note | Head- and tail-pieces; marginal notes. |
| General note | Signatures: [A]²B-4Y⁴4Z² |
| General note | Also issued to accompany Nieuhof's "An embassy from the East-India company ... The 2d ed." London, 1673. cf. Brit. mus. Cat. (under Nieuhof) and Dict. nat. biog. (under Ogilby) |
| General note | Wing attributes authorship to Olfert Dapper; however NUC pre-1956 attributes editorship to Dapper. |
| Digital Bookplate | Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain |
| References | Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700, D242 |
| References | English short title catalogue, R5629 |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Rare copy gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 47036893 |