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ABEL, Clarke. Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a Voyage to and from that Country, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818.
4° (270 x 210mm.), 4 engraved maps, 2 folding, 18 aquatint plates, 8 hand-coloured (lacking a botanical plate, some spotting and soiling, occasional offsetting), contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece (spine and extremities rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 537; Brunet I, 12.
4° (270 x 210mm.), 4 engraved maps, 2 folding, 18 aquatint plates, 8 hand-coloured (lacking a botanical plate, some spotting and soiling, occasional offsetting), contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece (spine and extremities rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 537; Brunet I, 12.
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