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SMITH, Rev. George.

A narrative of an exploratory visit to each of the consular cities of China, and to the islands of Hong Kong and Chusan, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, in the years 1844, 1845, 1846.


Seeley, London 1847. First edition. 8vo., xviii, 532pp., double page map of China, hand-coloured in outline, 12 lithographed plates, light spotting to plates, occasional light waterstain to same, original reddish-brown blindstamped cloth, gilt pagoda to upper cover, recently rebacked in morocco gilt, new endpapers.

Includes two views of Hong Kong. Cordier Sinica 2102.

Price: £ 650
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Stock Number: 70700
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Image of SMITH, Rev. George. A narrative of an exploratory visit to each of the consular cities of China, and to the islands of Hong Kong and Chusan, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, in the years 1844, 1845, 1846.

Image of SMITH, Rev. George. A narrative of an exploratory visit to each of the consular cities of China, and to the islands of Hong Kong and Chusan, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, in the years 1844, 1845, 1846.