Peking Histoire Et Description 660 Gravures Anciennes Et Nouvelles Reproduites Ou Executees Par

by Alphonse Favier

$2,750 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Péking, i.e., Beijing : Imprimerie des Lazaristes au Pé-T'ang, 1897. First edition limited to 1000 copies this, no. 911 ; folio, 2 volumes in 1, continuous pagination xii, 562 i.e., 552 ; titles printed in red and black, 52 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations, maps, portraits, plans; contemporary and likely original three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1, t.e.g.;

• Binding: Leather

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