Robert K. Douglas - China - 1887

Very good copy in the original blue linen decorated binding, complete with the folding colour map.

Condition: Wear to the binding, rust spots but overall very good.

Will be sent by registered mail.

Hardcover A second edition of this detailed study of China and Chinese culture, with a folding map. Second edition, revised. Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plates, numerous in-text images, and a colour folding map to the rear of the text. A detailed history of the Chinese Empire, with chapters on the government, marriage, education, food, dress, agriculture, medicine, music, architecture, drawing, names, the Chinese year, superstitions, and funeral rites. With commentary on religion and an added chapter on Christianity in China. Written by Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas, a British oriental scholar. In the original full cloth binding.