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Russian mission to China, with a plan of Beijing

TIMKOWSKI, Egor Fedorovitch. Voyage à Peking, à travers la Mongolie en 1820 et 1821.
Paris, Dondey-Dupré père et Fils, 1827. 2 text volumes (8vo) and one atlas volume (folio). With lithographed title-page, 3 lithographed maps and plans, 8 lithographed plates with copies after Chinese and other drawings. Text volumes in contemporary half calf and atlas in original brown wrappers. [8], XII, 480; [4], 459; 32 pp. Full description
€ 4,500
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An important source on 18th-century Japan

TITSINGH, Isaac. Bijzonderheden over Japan, behelzende een verslag van de huwelijkse plegtigheden, begrafenissen en feesten der Japanezen. De Gedenkschriften der laatste Japansche keizers en andere merkwaardigheden nopens dat Rijk.
The Hague, the widow of J. Allart, 1824-1825. 2 volumes. 8vo. With 4 hand-coloured folding aquatint plates, and a hand-coloured engraved vignette on the title page of each volume. Contemporary marbled boards. XVI, 250; [1], [1 blank], 264 pp. Full description
€ 6,900
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