Visits on Lewchew (Ryukyu) Islands, 1853
| Sold for | Osåld |
|---|---|
| Estimate | 7 000-9 000 SEK |
LEWCHEW (RUYKYU) ISLANDS. SMITH, GEORGE. Lewchew and the Lewchewans, being a Narrative of a Visit to Lewchew, or Loo Choo, in October, 1850. London (T. Hatchard) 1853.
8:o (about 170x105 mm.). (3), iv-viii, (1)-95, (1) pp. Woodengraved frontispiece.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1780.
A Narrative of a visit in 1850 by George Smith, Bishop of Victoria (Hong Kong), to the Lewchew islands (the Ryukyu Islands) with Captain Cracroft, in Her Majesty´s ship "Reynard", on his first episcopal visitation to the consular cities in the northern ports of China. BOUND WITH:
The seventh Report of the Loochoo Mission Society for 1851-1852. London (published by the Society) 1853.
8:o (about 170x105 mm.). (3), 4-32. 1 folding lithographed map.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1781. BOUND WITH:
BETTELHEIM, (BERNARD JOHN). Loochoo Mission: Extracts from the Journal of the Society´s missionary Dr. Bettelheim. 1850-1852. London (published for the Society) no date (1853).
8:o (about 170x105 mm.). (2), (1)-61, (1 blank) pp. Woodengraved frontispiece.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1779.
Contemporary blue cloth, somewhat worn, blindtooled decorations, title in gold on upper board, blank spine, small damage at head (bound by Westleys & Co., London).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
