Peter Osbeck's "A Voyage to China and the East Indies" archive 千代田の大奥

千代田の大奥

Likely Parisian in origin

memorably illustrated in a famous plate

-One 5-line initial and Four 3-line initials

Peter Osbeck's "A Voyage to China and the East Indies" archive 千代田の大奥A Voyage to China and the East Indies & A Voyage to Suratte & An Account of Chinese Husbandry & Flora Sinensis Peter Osbeck, Olof Toreen, Charles Eckeberg, Forster Published in London, 1771, by Benjamin White Complete First English edition of this important early work on the Flora and Fauna of China. The work also contains information on the voyage to China as well as early correspondence with Linneaus and the Flora Sinensis a record of Chinese plants