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Livres anciens et modernes

Fleming, George

Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary: Being a Summer's ride Beyond the Great Wall of China

1863

906,16 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1863
Lieu d'édition
London. Hurst and Blackett
Auteur
Fleming, George
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Asia China
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

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.