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HUC, M. (ÉVARISTE RéGIS HUC) (TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY W. HAZLITT) - Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China During the Years 1844-5-6 Volume One.

Title: Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China During the Years 1844-5-6 Volume One.
Description: Chicago, IL: Open Court Publishing Company, 1898. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Volume one only. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. Three quarters leather covered boards. The rear spine joint has cracked and been repaired. The leather is somewhat dry. The spine ends, spine joints, corners and edges of the book covers have rubbing and light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. "Évariste Régis Huc, C. M, or the Abbé Huc, * (1813–1860) was a French missionary Catholic priest and traveller, famous for his accounts of China, Tartary and Tibet, in his book "A Journey Through the Chinese Empire". Since the travels of the Englishman Thomas Manning in Tibet (1811–1812) , no European had visited Lhasa. Huc stimulated European interest in Central Asia and blazed a trail for Asian studies." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

Keywords: The Orient Evariste Regis Huc Tartary Tibet China History Of The Orient Biography

Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 37572

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