AMIOT, Joseph Marie. Memoirs concerning the history, science - Lot 243

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AMIOT, Joseph Marie. Memoirs concerning the history, science - Lot 243
AMIOT, Joseph Marie. Memoirs concerning the history, sciences, arts, manners, customs, etc. of the Chinese. Paris, Nyon, 1776-1777. Volume I and II. In-4° of xvj, 485, [1] pp ; viij, 650 pp. 37 pl. (27 in the text and 10 off-text, 3 of which are folding). Basane fauve racinée, spine with 5 raised bands, t.p. in red morocco, double gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (Binding of the period) First edition. The first two volumes of the 17 volumes published from 1776 to 1814 of this monumental history and description of China by the Jesuit missionaries, Cibot, Ko, Poirot and Amiot ; "unquestionably the best work that the Jesuits have published on China" (Boucher de La Richarderie) (Boucher de La Richarderie). Some marginal rings without gravity, rubbing and spotting to the binding. Good copies.
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