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Lot 35
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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$300 -
400
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$1,250
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Lot Description
[CHINA -- TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. A group of 13 works in 18 volumes, including:
COSSIGNY, Joseph Francois Charpentier de. Voyage a Canton. Paris: [1799]. -- DAVIS, John Francis. The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants. London: Charles Knight, 1836. 2 volumes. -- TIFFANY, Osmond. The Canton Chinese, or the American’s Sojourn in the Celestial Empire. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1849. -- HUC, M. A Journey Through the Chinese Empire. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1855. 2 volumes. -- GRAY, John Henry. China. A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People. London: Macmillan and Co., 1878. 2 volumes. -- And 8 others. Together, 13 works in 18 volumes, 8vo, most first editions, all in 19th and 20th-century half leather, cloth or printed boards, condition generally good, complete list available on request.
Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection
