Engraving on laid paper 26 x 17 cm (platemark including caption); 35.8 x 22 cm (sheet), decorative border and title cartouche, lower corner a little creased, margins toned, but in very good condition. Fine mid-eighteenth depiction of the Festival commemorating Confucius. This engraving appeared in "A new system of geography" by Daniel Fenning & Joseph Collyer first published in London in 1765-6 (later revised by Frederick Hervey and appearing in a number of editions) and is an example of the demand for publishers to supply views of the East and exotic "New Worlds". The late-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries had seen a dramatic increase in the publication of voyage accounts (and compilations and collections) on the London book market. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. Seller Inventory # 178308

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Title: Festival by the Chinese in honour of ...

Publisher: (circa1766)., (London).

Publication Date: 1766

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Asia Bookroom is a specialised bookseller in Canberra, the capital of Australia. We specialise in books on Asia with smaller sections on the Pacific and the Middle East. We issue over 30 regular lists featuring recent arrivals of books and other paper material in our specialist areas. Our lists are available by e-mail, in printed form by post or by browsing our web page. Please let us know if you would like to be on our mailing list. We run a bricks and mortar premises in a commercial area which you are most welcome to visit. We are open by appointment or by chance. Our hours are posted for the following week on our website www.AsiaBookroom.com

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Weekend Gallery Books T/A Asia Bookroom
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