Souvenirs d'un Voyage dan la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine pendant les Années 1844, 1845 et 1846. Two volumes
Hardcover, Paris: Librairie D'Ádrien le Clere et Cie, 1850. Good with no dust jacket.
Publication is in the French language. Exlibrary marks. Sound bindings and hinges. Pages tanned, foxed. Cloth over boards is heavily worn with tanning and foxing, darkened spines, title hand written on spines. Volume 2 spine has vertical and horizontal tears at top. Volume 1 has vertical tear at front junction with spine. Travel account by Abbé Huc (1 1813–1860), a French Catholic priest and Lazarite missionary. Covers Qing-era China, Mongolia (then known as "Tartary"), and the then-almost-unknown Tibet. Fold-out map of the area at the beginning of Volume 1 is in very good condition. Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 972 pages.
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