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FISHER, LT.- COLONEL - Personal Narrative of Three Years’ Service in China.
Estimate:
$600 - $800
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$1,650
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169: Rare Books
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FISHER, LT.- COLONEL
Personal Narrative of Three Years’ Service in China.
London: Richard Bentley 1863. vi, [1] l., 420p, frontis, illustrated, plan, 3 fldg maps at end. Foxing on endpapers else contents mainly clean. Edinburgh Institution prize label on endpaper. Marbled fore edges and bound in contemporary full leather with gilt monogram and decorative gilt and titles to back strip.
A scarce account concentrating on lesser known aspects of Chinese life and events during the Taiping Rebellion, which saw civil war in China between 1850 and 1864 as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rose up against the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty.
Provenance: Major Robert A. Wilson, Lethenty, Bulls.
Personal Narrative of Three Years’ Service in China.
London: Richard Bentley 1863. vi, [1] l., 420p, frontis, illustrated, plan, 3 fldg maps at end. Foxing on endpapers else contents mainly clean. Edinburgh Institution prize label on endpaper. Marbled fore edges and bound in contemporary full leather with gilt monogram and decorative gilt and titles to back strip.
A scarce account concentrating on lesser known aspects of Chinese life and events during the Taiping Rebellion, which saw civil war in China between 1850 and 1864 as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rose up against the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty.
Provenance: Major Robert A. Wilson, Lethenty, Bulls.
