Original title :Paul d'IVOI Cigale en Chine Antiquarisches Buch
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First edition illustrated by Louis BOMBLED. Paris, Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet et Cie, undated (1901). 'Les voyages excentriques' series. Quarto format, 23 x 31 cm, 462 pages. Complete with fold-out map of Peking at the beginning. Publisher's binding in full red cloth, signed by J. FAU and bound by Nerson, with beveled edges. First cover decorated with a beautiful polychrome…
First edition illustrated by Louis BOMBLED. Paris, Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet et Cie, undated (1901). 'Les voyages excentriques' series. Quarto format, 23 x 31 cm, 462 pages. Complete with fold-out map of Peking at the beginning. Publisher's binding in full red cloth, signed by J. FAU and bound by Nerson, with beveled edges. First cover decorated with a beautiful polychrome composition after BOMBLED. Blunt corners, wear marks at headbands and spine. Gilt-edged pages, loose signatures, one hinge (interior) torn; interior otherwise well preserved. Illustrated with 100 wood engravings in text and 20 large compositions outside the text, including 8 monochrome prints in red, blue, or sepia.
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