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Lot 36

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
Price Realized
$563
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[CHINA -- TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. A group of 13 works in 15 volumes, including: 


STAUNTON, George. An Historical Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China…London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1797. -- MEADOWS, Thomas Taylor. Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China… London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1847. -- ESCAYRAC DE LAUTURE, Comte d’. Memoires Sur La Chine. Paris: Librairie du Magasin Pittoresque, 1865. -- BUSHELL, Stephen W. Chinese Art. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1919. 2 volumes. -- BALLER, F.W. The Sacred Edict. Shanghai: The China Inland Mission, 1921. --And 8 others. Together, 13 works in 15 volumes, 4to or 8vo, most first editions, all in 19th and 20th-century half leather, cloth, printed boards or wrappers, condition generally good (a few rebacked), complete list available on request. 


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