Histoire du grand royaume de la Chine

by Juan Gonzalez De Mendoza

Inquire · Offered by Martayan Lan · No longer available

8vo 17.3 x 10.8 cm , 12 ff., 323 pp., 25 ff., woodcut initials, headpieces, and tailpieces, hand-ruled in red throughout. Bound in contemporary brown morocco richly tooled and gilt with daisies and ‘GR’ monograms, title gold tooled on spine, all edges gilt. Minor rubbing and edge wear to spine and covers; bookplate of Bernard Hanotiau inside upper cover. Occasional minor marginal staining, clipped corners at ff. 139, 142, 148, 217 and 250, marginal paper flaws to ff. 89 and 291.

• Binding: Leather

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