SEMMEDO, Alvaro. The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, London: E. Tyler for John Crook, 1655, 2° (280 x 190mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 plates and 2 maps, one folding, 2 pages of publisher's advertisements at end (occasional light soiling, light marginal dampstains throughout), later calf (inner hinges split, worn). [Wing S2490]