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Lot 120
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,875
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Lot Description
LE COMTE, Louis Daniel (1655-1728). Memoirs and Observations Topographical, Physical, Mathematical, Mechanical, Natural, Civil and Ecclesiastical. Made in a Late Journey Through the Empire of China. London: Printed for Benj. Tooke and Sam Buckley, 1697.
8vo (188 x 115 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved plates (2 folding), 1 engraved folding table. (Toning and spotting affecting a few leaves.) Contemporary panelled calf gilt (rubbing to extremities).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Le Comte’s experience as a Jesuit missionary in China, with a folding plate depicting the observatory established by the Jesuits in Pekin. ESTC R15898; Wing L831.
Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection