An Historical, Geographical and Philosophical View of the Chinese Empire

by Reverend William Winterbotham

$1,200 · Offered by Churchill Book Collector

Philadelphia: Re-printed for Richard Lee by Dunning, Hyer and Palmer - Printers, 1796. First American Edition. Hardcover. This complete, two-volume first U.S. edition of 1796 is bound in contemporary marble calf. The bindings feature gilt ruled spines with rectangular, gilt-printed, burgundy spine labels and circular, gilt-printed, black spine labels. Condition is good plus. The period bindings remain fully intact, the boards

• Binding: Hardcover

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