Travel
COLQUHOUN, Archibald Ross.
Amongst the Shans ... and an historical sketch of the Shans by Holt S. Hallett ...
Field & Tuer, London 1885. First edition. 8vo., lv, 392pp., 24 pages ads at end, 54 full-page plates including frontispiece, folding coloured map, original green cloth gilt, an excellent copy.
In 1879, Colquhoun served as the secretary and second in command of the Government Mission to Siam and Siamese Shan States. The present work provides a fine record of his travels through the region with much cultural, ethnographic, topographical, and natural history information; together with Colquhoun's investigations into the possibility of opening up a railway route to China. Cordier, Sinica, 344; Indosinica, 629; Taylor 102.
Price: £ 850
US Dollar Price: $ 1690
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