NIEUHOFF, John

Voyages and Travels into Brasil and the East-Indies

      1704. FIRST EDITION. NIEUHOFF, John. Voyages and Travels into Brasil and the East-Indies: Containing an Exact Description of the Dutch Brasil, and Divers Parts of the East-Indies!. (London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1703). Folio, modern full brown calf, raised bands, red morocco spine labels. $7500. First edition in English, with engraved frontispiece, engraved additional title page, 40 (of 41) full-page copper engravings (24 large folding), 30 engraved in-text vignettes, four folding engraved maps and three in-text vignette maps. Very attractively bound. "Nieuhof, a Dutch traveler and official, left two very interesting accounts of his years spent in Dutch Brazil and the Dutch East Indies. In his several travels in the East, he visited Dutch South Africa, Sumatra, Java, Amboyna, Formosa, China, Malacca, India, Ceylon, Persia, and St. Helena. His narratives give very informative accounts of the places he visited" (Hill 1227). Nieuhof's work was first published (in English) as the second volume of the 1704 first edition of Awnsham and John Churchill's four-volume Collection of Voyages and Travels (thus the "Vol. II" at the foot of the title page), although the present volume is at times offered separately, as here. One plate excised, opposite page 328. Ex-library stamp page 79. Frontispiece, title pages and advertisement leaf rehinged; light wear to edge of one folding plate only. Interior generally quite clean. A very good, attractively bound copy.