Set of works on China dating from the late nineteenth and ea - Lot 254

Set of works on China dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century including: -Description de Pékin avec un plan de cette capitale, translated from Chinese into Russian by Reverend Father Hyacinthe, then from Russian into French by Ferry de Pigny, ed à St Pétersbourg par Charles Kray en 1829 (very damaged, traces of moisture on covers and pages) -La véritable Chine 2nd edition by Où Tsong-Lien, 1900, dedicated to His Excellency Mr. Pichon by the author in 1901. -Les armées de la Chine, excerpt from Revue de Paris, 1904, by Colonel C. de Grandprey, dedicated to M. Pichon by the author. (Clément de Grandprey 1851-1932. In 1890, he was part of the expeditionary corps in China, where he served as military attaché to the French legation in 1903). (traces of moisture on cover, tears at top and edge, pages still attached to each other at top) -Pékin pendant l'occupation étrangère en 1900-1901 by Lieutenant-Colonel Guillot, contains plans and sketches (tears on back cover, small traces of moisture on inside pages) -La Revue d'Asie, illustrated bi-monthly, November 15, 1901, 1st year of publication, contains photographs and articles by M. Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, M. Stephen Pichon, M. Gaston Donnet, M. Roger Marx, M. Villetard de Laguerie, M. Armand La Varroy and M. Georges Vitoux (cover has tears on front cover and edge, traces of moisture)