Rare Book - Peking by Alphonse Favier

Lot of 2 rare Books. First - In search of old Peking. by Arlington, L.G. and Lewisohn, William. Published by Henri Vetch, Peking (1935). Henri Vetch, Peking, 1935. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good

RARE CHINESE PHOTO ESSAY BOOK - "The Pageant of Peking", photos by Donald Mennie, text by Putnam Weale, published by A.S. Watson & Co., Shanghai, China, 1920, containing 66 photogravures of China, in

1831 Jesuit Missions Reports CHINA Asia Peking Lettres Edifiantes Gobien French The ‘Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses’ is a collection of reports and letters from Jesuit missions from around the wo

1664 1ed Codex Statutorum Diocese of Orleans Catholic Doctrine Sacraments Delbene Alphonse Delbenes “Codex Statutorum Synodalium” is a rare synodal codex of the Diocese of Orleans, or Dioe

1854 1ed History of Turkey Mahomet Mysticism Muslim Prayer Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse de Lamartine was an early 19th-century French writer and politician. He was mostly known for his poetry, but i

1887 History CHINA Chinese Emperors Peking Yunnan Shansi Hunan Kweichow Buddha Item: #6144 Price: $250 Main author: G Eugène Sîmon Title: China: its social, political, and religious life

1871 Voyages in ASIA Java Siam CHINA Japan MAP Indonesia Canton Peking Beauvoir “Behind a bend of the Maenam, the entire town of Bangkok appeared in sight. I do not believe that there is a sight in

1781 Jesuit Voyage Missions MAP China Peking Philippines ASIA Lettres Edifiantes The ‘Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses’ is a collection of reports and letters from Jesuit missions from around the w

1781 Jesuit Voyage Missions China Peking ASIA Claude Fleury Lettres Edifiantes The Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses is a collection of reports and letters from Jesuit missions from around the world. It

1684 Art of Painting Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy French Arte Graphica Peinture Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy was a 17th-century French painter who is best-known for his literature on art and art history

1781 Jesuit Voyages Missions CHINA Peking Gaubil Canton ASIA Lettres Edifiantes The Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses is a collection of reports and letters from Jesuit missions from around the world. I

This color folio, botanical chromolithograph is from Florilegium Harlemense. The work was illustrated by Alphonse Goossens, lithographed by J. L. Goffart, and edited by Edward Step. The work was publi

1888 EXQUISITE Joan of Arc Lamartine French Literature Moroccan BINDING Alphonse de Lamartine was 19th-century French poet, known for writing poetry on important historical events and personalities su

Rare golden yellow Peking glass belt hook, 18th/19th century carved and pierced to depict qilin head motif, Lillyman collection. this example was included in the book "pure brightness shines everywher

1854 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Arts Craftsmen Agriculture Mechanics Carpentry Horology A rare historical book in an exquisite, decorative binding! ‘Les Artisans Celebres’, or ‘Famous Craftsmen’, by Fr

1780 1ed RARE Complete VOYAGES Maps Captain Cook America Explorers Africa 32v The best book of its kind! An extremely rare, 32-volume complete set of La Harpe’s ‘General History of Voyages’! Thi

1850 Astrologer’s Dream Book MAGIC Occult Fortune Telling Divination Charms “The Astrologer's Dream-book” is a rare, mid-19th-century book of occult studies, focusing on fortune telling and drea

1863 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Insects Natural History Entomology Butterflies Beetles A rare historical book in an exquisite, decorative binding! Abbot J.J. Bourasse was a French Catholic churchman who is pri

1939 Just Cocktails Liquor Alcohol Recipes Wood Binding post-Prohibition “Just Cocktails” is a rare post-prohibition era cocktail recipe book by W.C. Whitfield. While other cocktail recipe

1884 1ed New England Legends Folk Lore Witchcraft Witches Ghosts Occults Drake ‘A Book of New England Legends’ is a collection of folk lore in prose and poetry from the beginning of the settlement

1789 Captain Cook Voyages Pacific Wallis Carteret Hawaii PROVENANCE Napoleon ? John Hawkesworth was an important English book editor, most known for his commission to edit Captain James Cooks Voyages.

1888 Pearl of Great Price Joseph Smith LDS Church Book of Mormon Revelation Utah The Pearl of Great Price is one of the standard canonical works used by the Latter-Day Saints Church. This book include

1866 1ed Civil War Four Years of Fighting Coffin Guerilla Warfare Music MAPS Charles Carleton Coffin was one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the Civil War. His book ‘Four Years of Figh

1812 EXQUISITE Biographical Dictionary Alexander Chalmers Popes Mathematics Optics Alexander Chalmers’ “General Biographical Dictionary” was a best-selling book in the 19th-century. This work in