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Rare and modern books

Gonzalez De Mendoza, Juan & Staunton, Sir George T

The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and The Situation There Two Volumes in One

Reprinted in Peking, 1940 [Hakluyt Society 1853], 1940

400.00 €

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(Roma, Italy)
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Year of publication
1940
Place of printing
PEKING
Author
Gonzalez De Mendoza, Juan & Staunton, Sir George T
Publishers
Reprinted in Peking, 1940 [Hakluyt Society 1853]
Keyword
CINA China Chine
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

tall 8vo., 2 volumes bound toegheder, hardcover, orig. printed wrappers of both volumes maintained , lxxxiii, 172; 350pp. a very nice set, rare as the original. This edition is an anastatic exact reprint of the scarce Hakluyt Society edition of 1853, which reprinted the 1588 edition translated from the Spanish by R. Parke. first detailed account of China published in English. This Rare Chinese Reprint is much scarcer than the original.