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Lot 190
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$800 -
1,200
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$4,800
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Lot Description
[CHINA - TRAVEL]. A group of 18 titles from the early 19th century, including:
DOWNING, Charles Toogood. The Stranger in China. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1838. 2 volumes. -- HUC, Évariste Régis (1813-1860). Travels in the Chinese Empire. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. 2 volumes. -- JOCELYN, Robert (1816-1854). Six Months with the Chinese Expedition. London: John Murray, 1841. -- KING, Charles William (1818-1888). The Claims of Japan and Malaysia Upon Christendom. New York: E. French, 1839. 2 volumes. -- LAY, George Tradescant (1800-1845). The Chinese as They Are. London: William Ball & Co., 1841. -- MALCOM, Howard (1799-1879). Travels in South-Eastern Asia. London: Charles Tilt, 1839. 2 volumes. -- MORRISON, Eliza. Memoirs of the Life and Labours of Robert Morrison. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839. 2 volumes. -- TAYLOR, Fitch Waterman (1803-1865). The Flag Ship; or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate Columbia. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1840. -- TIFFANY, Osmond. The Canton Chinese, or the American's Sojourn in the Celestial Empire. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe & Company, 1849.
And 8 others. Together, 18 works in 27 volumes, all 8vo and bound in cloth, most original, condition generally fine. Complete available upon request.
