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Asia] - VAN OTTERLOO, Anthony - Britsch-Indië, beschreven naar de nieuwste bronnen. - ID. - China (...). Amsterdam, Gebr. Kraay, 1859, 1861, 2 vol., 8vo, cont. publ. cloth (sl. rubbed & faded, 1 vol. def. at head & tail, splitting joints), [2]-iv-390, [10]-392 pp. (some minor marg. staining). Good copies.
1st ed. of these richly illustrated and most extensive descriptions of British India and China, publ. in the series "Vreemde Landen en Volken". Each vol. ill. with a steel-engr. title, double-page map, and 24 full-page steel-engr. pls . The 1st vol. describes i.a. Himalaya Mountainrange, Khyberpass, Delhi, Delhi central mosque, Calcutta, Benares, Lucknow, Royal Palace Allababad, Elephant fight, Taj-Mahal, Mausoleum of Akbar, Agra, Kutch landscape, Kabul, Karachi, Madras and Singapore, etc. The 2nd gives a description and views of China : history of the Manchu dynasty, the Chinese and domestic life, the imperial mountain palace, Tientsin, Nanking, Canton, European trading posts, Hongkong, Macao Swatow, Amoy, the 2nd Chinese War, the Chinese Rebellion, etc. Ref. Tiele 834.