Author: Magalhães [also Magaillans], Gabriel de [1609 - 1677]
Title: A NEW HISTORY Of CHINA, Containing a Description of the Most Considerable Particulars of That Vast Empire. Written by Gabriel Magaillans of the Society of Jesus, Missionary Apostolick. Done Out of French
Description: London: Printed for Thomas Newborough, at the Golden Ball, in S. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1688. 1st Edition in English (T.C. II, 230; Wing M-247). Variant without comma after 'Magaillans' on t.p. Modern full brown calf binding, executed in a period style with maroon-leather, gilt-stamped title label to spine & boards decorated in blind. Renewed eps. [24], 148, 193 - 352 [= 332] pp. Folding plate of 'Pekim' after R4 (with old paper reinforcement along some portions of the divers fold lines). Pictorial glossary p. 83. Woodcut of a canal, p. 117. 8vo: A^8 a^4 B- K^8 L^2 N - Y^8. L2 missigned K2. 7-1/8" x 4-5/8". Binding - Fine. Text block - VG (small worm track in upper portion of gutter margin, occasionally affecting text, though not the overall sense thereof).

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