Robert K. Douglas - China - 1887

Zeer goed exemplaar in de originele blauw linnen versierde band, compleet met de uitvouwbare gekleurde kaart.

Conditie: Slijtage band, roestvlekjes maar over algemeen zeer goed.

Wordt aangetekend verstuurd.

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.