China 1848, 2 vol.
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CHINA 1848 (2). WILLIAMS, SAMUEL WELLS. The Middle Kingdom, a Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Liofe, Arts, Religion, &c. of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants. With a New Map of the Empire, and Illustrations, Principally Engraved by J. W. Orr. By S. Wells Williams, Author of "Easay Lessons in Chinese", "English and Chinese Vocabulary", &c. In Two Volumes. I-II. New York and London, Wiley and Putnam, 1848.
8vo. 202 x 140 mm. XXII, 590, (2), VIII, 614 pp. Woodcut illustrations in the text. 1 folding engraved map, 2 engraved portraits, 2 engraved extra titles, 3 woodcut plates in pagination. Worn publisher´s halfcloth with printed boards. Spines defective. Foxing throughout, minor stains, some tears and losses of paper in margins, some damp in margins. Exlibris of William H. Ludlow. 2 volumes.
First edition. Rare, but in need of repair. Spine fragments loose in separate folder. Samuel Wells Williams (1812-1884), American linguist, diplomat, missionary and Sinologist. 1848-51 he was the editor of The Chinese Repository, a leading Western journal published in China.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
766329
Datum:
2020-04-29