FORTUNE, Robert.
Three years' wanderings in
the northern provinces of China, including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries: with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.
Stock Code
102603
London, Murray, 1847
£1,250
Description
First edition, 8vo, xiv, [ii], 407, [i] pp., 16 pages ads dated January 1847 at end, pictorial half- title, engraved map, 3 tinted lithographed plates (lightly foxed), 12 other illustrations, original reddish brown cloth gilt, pictorial gilt vignette to upper cover, neat repair to spine, a very good copy.
Bibliography
Abbey (Travel), 543; Cordier, Sinica, 205; Lust 1236.
Stock ID:102603
