Travels In Tartary, Thibet and China During The Years 1844-5-6: Translated from the French. 2 volumes
by Huc, Evariste Regis (Abbe)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Chicago & London: Open Court Publishing, 1900. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavos; xv, 326; x, 342, [v] pages, black cloth with pictorial designs in yellow. spines a bit scuffed
Huc was a Vincentian missionary to Beijing, and later Hei Shui (beyond the Great Wall). Then he travelled to Tibet and opened a church at Lhasa. It was a remarkable journey. His considered remarks on Buddhism resulted in this memoir being put on the Index of Banned Books by the Catholic Church. This work exhibits "for the first time, a complete representation of countries previously almost unknown to Europeans, and indeed considered practically inaccessible .... - publisher's Preface." Folding map, 50 woodcuts
Huc was a Vincentian missionary to Beijing, and later Hei Shui (beyond the Great Wall). Then he travelled to Tibet and opened a church at Lhasa. It was a remarkable journey. His considered remarks on Buddhism resulted in this memoir being put on the Index of Banned Books by the Catholic Church. This work exhibits "for the first time, a complete representation of countries previously almost unknown to Europeans, and indeed considered practically inaccessible .... - publisher's Preface." Folding map, 50 woodcuts
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0006171
- Title
- Travels In Tartary, Thibet and China During The Years 1844-5-6
- Author
- Huc, Evariste Regis (Abbe)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- China, Thibet, Tibet, Tartary, Asia, Lhasa, Buddhism, open court publishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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