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Title: Histoire des deux conquérans tartares qui ont subjugué la Chine. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1688.
Description: . Pp. xxx, 320 + 37. (Half title not present). Contemporary calf, spine with five raised bands, richly gilt and red title label, rubbed. Bookplate. First edition, first issue. A second issue appeared in 1689. An historical account of the Manchu conquest based on the works of Martini and Schall, including the Flemish Jesuit Verbiest's two journeys together with the emperor K'ang-hsi'; one to Manchuria in 1682 and one to Mongolia in 1683. Cordier BS 629. Löwendahl 190. Streit (1929) 2596.

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, tartary, tartariet, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, asien, travel, exploration.

Price: EUR 1400.00 = appr. US$ 1521.59 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 120364

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