Author: HUC, ÉVARISTE RÉGIS:
Title: A Journey through the Chinese Empire. Two volumes. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1855.
Description: . Pp. 421; 422. With one folding map. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, rubbed. Some light staining. First Amercian edition translated from the original French "L'empire chinois" (1854). Huc was a French missionary who served in China between 1839 and 1846. This is a comprehensive work with much information about history, culture, laws and religions in China. Cf Cordier BS 2120.

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


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