The Chinese empire: forming a sequel to the work entitled "Recollections of a journey through Tartary and Thibet"

Huc, [Evariste Régis], M. L'Abbe

Published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans[et al, London, 1855

About this Item

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxxii, 421, [1]; viii, 440; folding colored frontispiece map in volume I (detached); original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines; volume I a bit skewed, remains of something removed in the upper gutter of both volumes, light overall wear, but generally a good, sound, and clean copy. With an interesting section on acupuncture and medical practices. "Record of the famous journey made by the Lazarist missionaries, Huc and Gabet, through Mongolia to Lhasa" (Yakushi). Cordier, p. 2119; Yakushi H445f.

Seller Inventory # 67796

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Chinese empire: forming a sequel to the work entitled "Recollections of a journey through Tartary and Thibet"
• Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans[et al, London
• Publication Date: 1855
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine
  • Travel
  • Asia
  • China