La chine hermétique: superstitions, crime et misère. 42 planches hors texte

by J. J. Matignon

$85 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1936. Nouvelle edition, square 8vo, pp. xx, 397, 3 ; text in French; 42 plates; bound into modern black buckram, gilt title on spine, original printed wrappers bound in; near fine. A survey of some of the more sensational elements of Chinese life. Superstitions and magic, suicide, the methods of death of the disciples of Confucius, auto cremation, eunuchs, sexing of fetuses in utero, foot binding, infanticide,

• Binding: Wrappers

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