The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants

by John Francis Davis

$425 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First American edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. iii -viii, 1 , 10-383, 1 ; iii -viii, 1 , 10-440, 4 ads ; engraved folding map, 25 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, a number full-page; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on spines; spine slightly sunned; all else near fine. With the ownership signature on the title pages of William B. Shubrick 1790-1874 of both volumes. Shubrick studied at Harvard before

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