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Scarce German map of China, published in Leipzig.
The map appeared in Reisen nach Peking, Manila und Isle de France in den Jahren 1784 bis 1801 . . . a German translation of Chretien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes Voyages a Peking, Manille et L'Île de France, faits dans l'intervalle des années 1784 à 1801. Guignes was the son of the Sinologist Joseph de Guignes, from whom he learned the Chinese language. From 1794-1795, he traveled to China with the Dutch merchant Isaac Titsingh and served as an interpreter in the Forbidden City in Beijing at the court of Emperor Qianlong. This was the last European embassy to see the Old Summer Palace before it was destroyed by European troops in a punitive expedition during the Second Opium War in 1860. Later, Guignes was commissioned by Napoleon to write a dictionary.
Johann Conrad Hinrichs (1763-1813) was a German publisher renowned for his comprehensive book catalogs. Hinrichs ran a bookshop in Leipzig beginning in 1791 with his partner August Leberecht Reinicke. He later married Reinicke’s sister, Christiane Wilhelmine. From 1801, Hinrichs began to operate the business as sole proprietor. He specialized in the release of a catalog of new publications, which appeared every six months from 1798. This catalog was more complete and was issued more frequently than competitors, giving Hinrichs an important edge in the market. It featured twenty subjects beginning with theology; maps were listed at the end. He also published works on law, political science, history, travel literature, and geography. Upon his death in 1813, his business passed to his wife. In 1816 she was joined by her nephew, Christian Friedrich Adolf Rost. The business continued until the early twentieth century.
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