Lot 106
Du Halde, Jean Baptiste. The General History of China. Containing A Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Pyshical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet, 4 volumes, first edition in English, 4 engraved frontispieces, 15 engraved plates, 11 folding and 3 [of 4] engraved maps, 2 folding, one creased, another with slight tears, vol. 2 with some staining on pp.252-253, vol.1, pp.483-502 with minor worming to outer margin, occasionally very slightly affecting text, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed, extremities chipped, some cracking to joints, bookplate of Coker Court, 8vo, London: John Watts, 1736
