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Rare and modern books

Goldsmith Oliver, Cecil Keating

The Citizen of the World: or, Letters From a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to His Friends in the East

The Folio Society London 1969,

22.00 €

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Author
Goldsmith Oliver
Publishers
The Folio Society London 1969
Keyword
CINA China Chine
Illustrator
Cecil Keating
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

First edition thus. Decorations by Cecil Keeling. Introduction by Rosalind Vallance. 350pp. 8vo. A perfect copy in cloth spine and marbled boards, in its intact case. The first edition of this book was published in 1762, though previously it had appeared as a series of twice-weekly articles, under the title of Chinese Letters, in John Newbery's daily paper, Public Ledger ( 1760 ).