MALPIERE (D. Bazin de). - Lot 103

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MALPIERE (D. Bazin de). - Lot 103
MALPIERE (D. Bazin de). China and the Chinese. Second edition, put in a better order. Paris, Caboche, Demerville et Cie, 1848. Four parts in two volumes grand in-4 of (2) ff. 30 pp., 31 pl., (1) ff.; (2) ff. 64 pl., (1) ff.; (2) ff. 8 pl., (4) ff. of music engraved with vignette at the head, 27 pl., (1) ff.; (2) ff.., 46 plates (of 47), one explanatory text sheet for each plate (4 for the Peking map), blue half-shell publisher's binding, spine ribbed and decorated, with jagged edges. 176 lithographed and coloured plates (out of 177, representing 181 subjects). First published in 1824-27, the book reproduces in lithography the plates by William Alexander (Pitturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Chinese). Very good copy. Rare freckles on some plates. Colas, 1958.
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