The Dutch delegation presents gifts at the Imperial palace
Anoniem / Anonymous / Meurs, Jacob van
The Dutch delegation presents gifts at the Imperial palace.-Key: A. t Keijserlijck paleys daer de schenckadien wierden ontfangen. / B. Een keijserlijck bevelhebber sittende met de Hollanders die haer beduydt wat ider stuck vande schenckadien is. / C. Een Tafel daer de selve ordentelijck na malkander uytgedeelt worden / D. Manier op wat wijse ider man syn schenckadien ontfingh.
Pieter van Hoorn undertook his voyage to the Imperial Court of China in 1662-1663.-Dr Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) published a large number of books after 1663. He wrote a history of the city of Amsterdam and furnished the first Dutch translation of Herodotus. But he is known particularly for his many descriptions of foreign lands which he compiled from various sources, without ever seeing the countries he wrote about for himself. This plate is taken from a description of imperial China.
The publisher of this volume, Jacob van Meurs, was also an engraver. However it is not certain whether he was the engraver of these prints.
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