GAILLARD (Louis). Nankin then and now. Historical and geogra - Lot 80

GAILLARD (Louis). Nankin then and now. Historical and geographical overview. Sinological Varieties N°23. Shanghai, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique, 1903. In-8, VI-350 p., 17 maps and 36 hors-texte photogravures, period green half-basane with corners, smooth spine decorated, Asian labels on spine (spine faded, wear to corners, unit. hinge split, adhesive yellowed in margin of front. and title, labels on spine). First edition published with number 23 of "Variétés sinologiques", a French-language collection of 66 volumes published in Shanghai between 1892 and 1938 by the Imprimerie de la mission catholique de l'orphelinat de T'ou-Sè-Wè founded in 1864 by the Jesuits. The Historical and Geographical Overview is illustrated with 17 maps and 36 hors-texte photogravures and photolithographs. Handwritten bookplates on title, one dated 1951 (Cordier, Sinica, 3052).