Imperial Chinese history – Davis (Sir John Francis 1st Bt., ...

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Imperial Chinese history – Davis (Sir John Francis 1st Bt., FRS 1795-1890) The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants, 2 Vols., 2nd US edition, New York, Harper 1839 16mo, viii + 383pp and viii + 440pp, woodcut illustrations, some hand tinted, bound with printed flyleaf The School District Library New York Published Harper Bros., MS label on front pastedown ‘No. 36/This Book Belongs to/the Library of the/School District No. 5…’ brown boards, covered in contemporary brown paper with pasted spine labels (2)