China And The English Or The Character And Manners Of The Chinese As Illustrated In The History Of

by Jacob Abbott

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New York: William Holdredge, 1843 . 12mo, pp. 3 -324; inserted engraved frontispiece and chromolithograph title page, 16 wood-engraved plates on pink paper; original red cloth elaborately stamped in gilt on both covers and spine, a.e.g.; light wear and foxing but otherwise a very good, sound copy. First published in 1835, it is republished here in its entirety with two added chapters on the Opium Wars. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 was an educator and a prolific

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