Fortune, Robert. Three Years’ Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. Including a visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries: With an account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray, London. 1847
pp.[ii],xiv, [iv], 406, [ii] plus 16-page Murray catalogue. With half-title, illus. frontis., illus. title-page, further title-page, map, 3 further full-page plates, plus illus. in text. 8vo. Hardback. Some scattered foxing, o/w. contents fine. Original gilt and blind-tooled decorated boards (which have benefited from discrete, professional repairs), showing some sunning to spine and top-edge, all in thor. vg. condition.
£900.00 [Ref: 55025]