Author: [EIDOUS, MARC-ANTOINE (Translator)]: Title: Hau Kiou Choaan, histoire chinoise, traduite de l'anglois. Four volumes in two. Lyon, Benoit Duplain, 1766.
Description: . 12mo. Pp. (iv), xxxii, 224; (iv), 263; (iv), 263; (iv), 243, (4). With four engraved frontispieces. Contemporary emerald coloured boards, title labels on spines (slightly chipped), red edges, hinges cracked, worn, even so it's a charming copy. First French edition of "The Pleasing History" translated from the English by James Wilkinson and Thomas Percy. Barbier ii, p. 608. Cordier BS 1755. Löwendahl 541. Lust 1108.
Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, literature, novel, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration
Price: EUR 900.00 = appr. US$ 978.16 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 99719
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