Bernard J Shapero : Rare Books

Travel

FORTUNE, Robert.

Three years' wanderings in the northern provinces of China, including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries: with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.


Murray, London 1847. First edition. 8vo., xv, 406, [i]pp., 16 pages ads dated April 1st 1847, lithograph frontispiece, additional pictorial woodcut title, map, 2 lithograph plates, illustrations in text, original red cloth gilt faded to brown, gilt pictorial vignette to upper cover, light wear to extremities, a very good copy.

Travels 1843-45 in Kuangtung, Fukien, the Chekiang coast, and Shanghai. Cordier, Sinica, 205; Lust 1236.

Price: £ 900
US Dollar Price: $ 1360
Stock Number: 71338

Image of FORTUNE, Robert. Three years

Image of FORTUNE, Robert. Three years

Image of FORTUNE, Robert. Three years