DAVIS, JOHN FRANCIS
THE CHINESE: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPIRE OF CHINA AND ITS INHABITANTS.
Two Volume SetSecond Edition
Year: 1840
Size: 17.4 x 11 cm (6.8 x 4.3 inches)
Published by Charles Knight & Co., Small 8vo.
No. of Illustrations: 54 Illustrations
Vol. 1 PP 395+iv, 26 Woodcut Illustration
Vol. 2. PP 459+iv, 28 Illustration
Woodcuts, includes: 'Punishment of a Wooden Collar,' 'Mandarin bearing Emperor's Letter,' 'Small Feet of a Chinese Lady', 'Priest of Budha', 'Bamboo Water-wheel,' 'Cave of Camoens, Macao.'
A very attractive set with limited signs of use; pages sharp and bright.
An important work on China. Davis travelled to China in 1813 with Lord Amherst's embassy before being appointed Chief Superintendent of China for over twenty years and joint Commissioner with Lord Napier in 1834, and later Governor of Hong Kong (1844). Davis became proficient in the Chinese language and thoroughly acquainted with Chinese culture and history. Included in the work is a four-page bibliography of miscellaneous works published on China.
BINDING: Original blue cloth binding with blind tooling on covers, title in gilt on spine.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
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