GROSIER (Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre). De la Chine, ou d - Lot 89

GROSIER (Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre). De la Chine, ou description générale de cet Empire, rédigée d'après les Mémoires de la Mission de Pékin. A work containing a topographical description of the fifteen provinces of China, Tartary, the islands, a population chart and an account of all the knowledge acquired up to now in Europe concerning the government, religion, laws, morals, customs, sciences and arts of the Chinese. Paris, chez Pillet, 1818-1820. 7 vol. in-8, brown half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed [Petit succr de Simier] (minor defects including several rubbed headpieces and dull corners; russeting, browning; one map lacking). Third edition, greatly enlarged, of this important work on China. It is illustrated with a folding map of China by P. de Mailla (the other map is missing). Pleasant copy bound circa 1850 by Charles Petit; label of Librairie Samuelian, Paris. (Cordier, Sinica, 61-62).