China.- Relation de l'Expédition de Chine en 1860, text vol. only (lacking Atlas), first edition, half-title, foxing, contemporary calf-backed boards, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, Paris, 1862 § Bazancourt (César Lecat, Baron de) Les Expéditions de Chine et de Cochinchine..., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, spotted, original cloth decorated in gilt and blind, Paris, 1861 § Hémon (Félix) Sur le Yang-Tse: Journal d'une double exploration pendant la campagne de Chine (1900-1901), first edition, map, illustrations, lightly browned, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., Paris, 1904; and another, 4to & 8vo (5)*** The first is a rare account of the Anglo-French expedition in the later stages of the Second Opium War that resulted in the Third Battle of Taku Forts and which opened the river routes up to Peking, and led China to cede 22 forts as far as Tianjin. It also records the inclusion of Chinese labourers on the side of the French. The last contains a useful bibliography.