Voyage à Peking, à travers la Mongolie en 1820 et 1821. Traduit du russe par M. N******, revu par M. J.-B. Eyriès. Publié avec des corrections et des notes par M. J. Klaproth.
TIMKOWSKI, Egor Fedorovitch.
Published by Dondey-Dupré père et Fils,, Paris,, 1827
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2 text volumes (8vo) and one atlas volume (folio). First French edition of Timkowski's account of his mission to Beijing via Mongolia (1820-1821), revised by J.B. Eyriès and corrected and annotated by the distinguished sinologist Heinrich Julius Klaproth. The narrative elaborates on the country of the Kalkas, the desert of Gobi, the territory of the Sounite Mongols, Beijing, dress and laws of the Chinese, conversations with Catholic Missionaries, Turkestan, Little Bucharia, the country of the Soungarians, Tibet, the Chinese army, the manners and customs of the inhabitants, the geography and ethnography of Mongolia and the country of the Tsakhars. It includes a plan of Beijing. Fine set.l Cordier, Sinica 2473-2474; Löwendahl 853; Lust 551. Text vols: contemporary half calf with marbled boards and red gilt title labels on spines, yellow edges, in slipcase. Atlas vol. with original brown wrappers, in slipcase. Atlas volume with lithographed title, 3 lithographed maps and plans (of which one large folding map of China and Mongolia (49.5 x 63 cm) with an itinerary from Kiakhta to Beijing through the Gobi desert, one double-page plan of the Forbidden City in Peking, and a double-page plan of the building of the Russian embassy), and 8 lithographed plates with copies after Chinese and other drawings with Chinese in costumes, Chinese women playing musical instruments, etc. Pages: [8], XII, 480; [4], 459; 32 pp. Seller Inventory # 96LEWGGE41JO
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Title: Voyage à Peking, à travers la Mongolie en ...
Publisher: Dondey-Dupré père et Fils,, Paris,
Publication Date: 1827
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
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2 text volumes (8vo) and one atlas volume (folio). First French edition of Timkowski's account of his mission to Beijing via Mongolia (1820-1821), revised by J.B. Eyriès and corrected and annotated by the distinguished sinologist Heinrich Julius Klaproth. The narrative elaborates on the country of the Kalkas, the desert of Gobi, the territory of the Sounite Mongols, Beijing, dress and laws of the Chinese, conversations with Catholic Missionaries, Turkestan, Little Bucharia, the country of the Soungarians, Tibet, the Chinese army, the manners and customs of the inhabitants, the geography and ethnography of Mongolia and the country of the Tsakhars. It includes a plan of Beijing. Fine set.l Cordier, Sinica 2473-2474; Löwendahl 853; Lust 551. Text vols: contemporary half calf with marbled boards and red gilt title labels on spines, yellow edges, in slipcase. Atlas vol. with original brown wrappers, in slipcase. Atlas volume with lithographed title, 3 lithographed maps and plans (of which one large folding map of China and Mongolia (49.5 x 63 cm) with an itinerary from Kiakhta to Beijing through the Gobi desert, one double-page plan of the Forbidden City in Peking, and a double-page plan of the building of the Russian embassy), and 8 lithographed plates with copies after Chinese and other drawings with Chinese in costumes, Chinese women playing musical instruments, etc. Pages: [8], XII, 480; [4], 459; 32 pp. Seller Inventory # 96LEWGGE41JO
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