This book accompanied the exhibition "Western Travellers in China" held at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 28 October 2009-10 January 2010.
For centuries, China has aroused considerable interest in the Western world. In this book a selection of 130 volumes from a large collection of travel books to China is shown. The selection has been dictated not only by the importance and rarity of the volumes, but also by the quality of the drawings and engravings contained therein, in order to give the public a visual image of the Chinese world during these early centuries.