COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625-1683
Date:
1680
Short Title:
Text: Dedication note
Publisher:
Jacob de Meurs
Publisher Location:
Amsterdam
Type:
Text Page
Obj Height cm:
35
Obj Width cm:
23
Note:
Dedication by Jacob van Meurs.
Full Title:
(Text Page to) Ambassades Memorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les empereurs du Japon. Contenant plusieurs choses remarquables arriveìes pendant le voyage des ambassadeurs ; et deplus, la description des villes, bourgs ... Le tout enrichi de figures ... & tireì des memoires des ambassadeurs de la Compagnie. A Amsterdam, Ches Jacob de Meurs, Merchand Librarire. M. DC. LXXX (1680).
List No:
13390.004
Page No:
I
Series No:
4
Engraver or Printer:
Dutch East India Company
Engraver or Printer:
Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
Publication Author:
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625-1683
Pub Date:
1680
Pub Title:
Ambassades Memorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les empereurs du Japon. Contenant plusieurs choses remarquables arriveìes pendant le voyage des ambassadeurs ; et deplus, la description des villes, bourgs ... Le tout enrichi de figures ... & tireì des memoires des ambassadeurs de la Compagnie. A Amsterdam, Ches Jacob de Meurs, Merchand Librarire. M. DC. LXXX (1680).
Pub Note:
First edition of illustrated works on Japan in French in 2 parts. Originally published in Dutch: Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maetschappy in't Vereenigde Nederland, aen de Kaisaren van Japan. Compiled by Montanus from records of Jesuit missions to Japan in 1649 and 1661, He based his work on journals from the Dutch East India Company Embassy of 1649 which had pretended to be "an official embassy from the Dutch government rather than from the VOC. This work designed to complement his similar work on China. Published by Jan Van Meurs for the Dutch East India Company. This edition is the first to include the plate of Fort Zeelandia in Taiwan. Title in red and black with integral engraved vignette. Includes engraved frontispiece and half title page “Ambassades vers les Emperurs du Japon. A Amsterdam, Ches Jacob de Meura, 1680.” Consists of 2 parts, each with title and index pages at the end, engraved maps and plans, some folding, some double page, some map and plans titled in French, German, Dutch and English, 70 engraved illustrations, occasional engraved title and cartouhe. Bound in contemporary calf covers, spine in seven compartments in gilt, with title "Ambass du Japon". The work primarily concentrates on providing accounts of Japanese politics, culture, religion, and military affairs. The maps, plans, and views cover Japanese costume, cities, towns, castles, fortresses, temples, routes, flora and fauna, religious ceremonies, military techniques, animals, mountains, waterways, fountains and Japanese dresses. Most views accompanied by descriptive text and some with index. Relief shown pictorially. Include stamps on title page and colophon: Barnabitarum S Eligii Paris. Page 112 misprinted as 119 (first part); 17 as 13; 18 as 14 (second part).
Pub List No:
13390.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
23
Pub Height cm:
36
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
13390004.jp2
Authors:
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625-1683
Link To Source
Text: Dedication note
