The Chinese Empire: Forming a Sequel to the Work Entitled Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary and Thibet
by M. Huc
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A very good copy, plates and text are clean and crisp.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. A very good copy, plates and text are clean and crisp.. Binding: contemporary full cloth, flat spine with title in gilt. Paste down end paper with advertisements,, Size: 8vo, Illustration: 1 map hand coloured in outline depicting China at the time., Volume: 2, Pages: Volume 1. P. half-title, printer’s imprint, frontis map, title, blank, v-xxxii, 1-421, printer’s imprint, advertisement (2); Volume 2. P. half-title, printer’s imprint, title, blank, v-viii, 1-440, advertisements 1-24, Category: Book Asia Far East
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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B2562
- Title
- The Chinese Empire: Forming a Sequel to the Work Entitled Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary and Thibet
- Author
- M. Huc
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy, plates and text are clean and crisp.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Book Asia Far East
Terms of Sale
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