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Lot 159
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$400 -
600
Price Realized
$576
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Lot Description
[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] MASON, George Henry. The Punishments of China. London: Printed for William Miller, 1801.
First edition. With additional title-page in French; Folio. Text in English and in French. Illustrated with 22 color plates dated 1801 (except plates IV and XX), all with tissue guards. Contemporary straight-grain morocco, black morocco spine label stamped in gilt, boards and spine worn and scratched, tail cap perished; all edges gilt; brown endpapers; scattered foxing and stains to text and plates. Abbey Travel., 532 (1804 reprint)