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The Chinese As They Are: Their Moral, Social, and Literary Character; A New Analysis of the Lanquage with Succinct Views of Their Principal Arts and Sciences
London: William Ball & Co, 1841. First Edition. 8vo. xii, 342 pp. Woodcut frontispiece & in-text illustrations. Publisher's blindstampedbrown cloth with gilt illustration of a Chinese person on front cover; gilt illustration on spine. A good copy (2 1/2" loss of cloth at spine head; splitting of cloth along front joint; some loss of cloth to spine end; soiling and general wear; corner boards showing; foxing; small paper loss to lower frontispiece but not affecting the image). Item #19498
Price: $250.00
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