Peter Osbeck's "A Voyage to China and the East Indies" archive -One 5-line initial and Four

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

The two works are lavishly produced and the accounts are accompanied by Maps and illustrations of towns and the natural history of the regions

memorably illustrated in a famous plate

which are far above the level of contemporary travel literature and were only recognized in their true significance at the end of the 19th century

Likely Parisian in origin

Peter Osbeck's "A Voyage to China and the East Indies" archive -One 5-line initial and FourA 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