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Includes two views of Hong Kong.
Includes two views of Hong Kong.
Includes two views of Hong Kong.
Includes two views of Hong Kong.

SMITH, Rev. George.

A narrative of an exploratory visit to each of the consular cities of China, and to the islands of Hong Kong and Chusan, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, in the years 1844, 1845, 1846.

London, Seeley, 1847.

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A narrative of an exploratory visit

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Includes two views of Hong Kong.

Second edition; 8vo., xviii, 532pp., double page map of China, hand-coloured in outline, 12 lithographed plates, original blindstamped cloth gilt, neatly recased with new endpapers, light spotting to plates, text clean and fresh, a very good example.

Cordier, Sinica, 2102; Cf. Lust 558.

Stock code 96746

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Includes two views of Hong Kong.

A narrative of an exploratory visit

£1,100.00
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