Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary: Being a Summer's ride Beyond the Great Wall of China
Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary: Being a Summer's ride Beyond the Great Wall of China | Libros antiguos y modernos | Fleming, George
Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary: Being a Summer's ride Beyond the Great Wall of China
Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary: Being a Summer's ride Beyond the Great Wall of China | Libros antiguos y modernos | Fleming, George
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Detalles
- Año de publicación
- 1863
- Lugar de impresión
- London. Hurst and Blackett
- Autor
- Fleming, George
- Edición
- First edition.
- Materia
- Travel - Asia China
- Idiomas
- Inlgés
- Primera edición
- True
Descripción
8vo [26 x 17 cm]; xvi, 579, [viii, ads] pp, color lithographed (chromolithograph) frontis, numerous engraved illus, folding partly colored map, index. original blue pictorial gilt cloth, picture of 2 men, horses, gilt title lettering on spine & cover, cover and some leaves with light stains, mostly marginal, spine ends worn, short split at joint, bookplate of Marquis L. Wood, Shanghai, goood copy. A pic Cordier 2747. The author and a companion traveled on horseback between Tien-Tsin and Moukden in 1861 and provide an interesting narrative of the Chinese military, the punishment of prisoners, the mutilated feet of women, customs, superstitions, the spy system, the Great Wall of China, veterinarians, topography, the people, etc.
