A Voyage to China and the East Indies. Together with A Voyage to Suratte by Olof Toreen and An Account of the Chinese Husbandry by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.; Translated from the German by John Reinhold Forster; to which are added, a faunula ad flora sinesis
by OSBECK, Peter
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Benjamin White, 1771. First edition in English. 8vo. 2 volumes: xx, 396; (2), 367, (32) pp. 13 engraved plates; lacks half-titles. Bradley Martin sale 1772. Recent contemporary-style calf, leather labels and gilt rules on spines; ex-institutional copy, with stamps on several leaves, title-page to volume one re-margined. Still a solid copy in an attractive new binding.
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- Bartlebys Books
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- 46849
- Title
- A Voyage to China and the East Indies. Together with A Voyage to Suratte by Olof Toreen and An Account of the Chinese Husbandry by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.; Translated from the German by John Reinhold Forster; to which are added, a faunula ad flora sinesis
- Author
- OSBECK, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Benjamin White
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1771
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Bartlebys Books
Bartleby's Books specializing, since 1984, in Americana and general antiquarian material, including books, archives, and ephemera.
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