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Lot 294
Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Travel & Exploration] Breton, (Jean de la Martiniere): China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c...
Breton, (Jean de la Martiniere)
China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c...
London: Printed by Howlett and Brimmer, 1824. In four volumes. Translated from the French. 16mo. Illustrated with four hand-colored engraved frontispieces and 76 hand-colored engraved plates. Three-quarter contemporary green calf over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, boards rubbed and moderately worn, some joints chipped, upper front joint of Vol. III split; all edges trimmed; library book-plate on front paste-down of each volume; frontispiece of Vol. III loose; intermittent light wear and small repairs to plate edges. Abbey, Travel 535
Height: 6.5 in. X Width: 2.25 in.