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- Lot 433
John BARROW - Journey to China, forming the complement to Lord Macartney's Journey [...] Followed by the Embassy Report sent in 1719 to Peking by Peter I, Emperor of Russia. Translated from English, with notes by J. CASTERA. Paris, F. Buisson, year XIII (1805). 3 volumes in-8 and one volume in-4, contemporary rooted calf, gilt garland framing the plates, smooth spine decorated with junks, red morocco titleplate; the atlas half calf in brown, yellow paper plates (small scraps of paper). FIRST FRENCH EDITION. xvi, 464; [4], 400; [4], 392 pp. and [4] pp. The atlas is illustrated with 22 plates: 2 plates of colour portraits, views, Chinese characters, musical tunes, objects of worship... Freckles affecting the atlas. Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica, IV, 2389.
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