{"product_id":"kidd-china-1841-first-edition-120455","title":"China,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eA handsome copy of this scarce work giving an overview of Chinese society in the early nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Kidd (1799-1843) was an English Protestant missionary in Malacca for eight years, becoming professor of Chinese in the Anglo-Chinese College of Malacca, before returning in 1832 and being appointed professor of Chinese at University College, London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; 8vo (23.5 x 15.5 cm); 15 plates including coloured frontispiece, plates foxed, armorial bookplate to pastedown; publisher's blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering to spine, small chip to spine head, a very good copy; xii, 403, 16, [4] pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"KIDD, Samuel.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56053574041975,"sku":"120455","price":650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/120455_0f8242a2-aa3b-417b-8449-ccb510d597f5.jpg?v=1784624254","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/kidd-china-1841-first-edition-120455","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}