inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856. Including notices of many natural productions and works of art. The culture of silk, &c; with suggestions on the present war.
London, Murray, 1857
DRAFT Fortune went to China first in the capacity of Botanical Collector to the Horticultural Society of London. He was engaged by the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company in procuring supplies of tea-plants, seeds, implements, and green-tea makers, for the government plantations in the Himalayas and later to procure some first-rate black-tea makers for the experimental tea-farms in India.
First edition. 8vo., xvi, 440pp., frontispiece, 21 illustrations, original brown pebble-grained blind-stamped cloth gilt, light wear, an excellent copy.
First edition. 8vo., xvi, 440pp., frontispiece, 21 illustrations, original brown pebble-grained blind-stamped cloth gilt, light wear, an excellent copy.
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